Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:42am on 21 Jul 2024,Sunday International
Violence in Bangladesh has escalated with at least 133 dead as student protests demand government job quota reforms. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government imposed a national curfew and deployed the military, granting police shoot-on-sight orders for curfew violators. A nationwide internet shutdown has hampered communication, and major newspapers are unable to update. Nearly 1,000 Indian students have returned to India, while the US State Department warned against travel to Bangladesh. The protests highlight frustration over high youth unemployment and the controversial job quota system favoring relatives of 1971 independence war veterans.
