STORY: :: Anti-quota protesters clash with police in Bangladesh after violent unrest left at least six people dead
:: Dhaka, Bangladesh
:: The government is reinstating public sector job quotas including reserving some for family of war veterans
:: July 17, 2024
:: Yasmin Juthi, Student
"How can the government do these attacks? We have been saying since the beginning that we are ordinary students. It is a matter of common sense that over 50 percent of the jobs cannot be given away to quota holders. A normal state cannot be run like this."
Dozens were injured in the clash, including at least six journalists, local media reported.
Authorities deployed units of the paramilitary Border Guard force alongside riot police on Wednesday outside the Dhaka University campus as students chanted: "We will not let our brothers' blood go in vain."
The quotas have caused anger among students who face high youth unemployment rates, with nearly 32 million young Bangladeshis not in work or education out of a total population of 170 million people.
