Bangladesh Protests LIVE Updates: Supreme Court Scraps Most Job Quotas Amid Deadly Protests
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Publicado 2024-07-21
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh has scaled back quota system for government jobs after it led to nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and protesters that have killed scores of people, as per media reports. The top court ordered 93% of the government jobs to be allocated on a merit-based system and attorney-general A M Amin Uddin said that five percent of civil service jobs would remain reserved for children of independence war veterans and two percent for other categories. Meanwhile, the Sheikh Hasina government's nationwide curfew has been extended till 3 pm on Sunday. Police in the violence-hit country has been ordered to "shoot-on-sight" to quell protests and the death toll has mounted to 114. Only emergency services are permitted in the country and Sunday, Monday have been declared public holidays.
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