Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:51am on 21 Jul 2024,Sunday International
In Bangladesh, violent protests have claimed over 130 lives as students demand reforms to the controversial government job quota system. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's use of the term "Razakar" to describe student protesters opposing a controversial quota system. The term, historically linked to collaborators with Pakistani forces during the 1971 Liberation War, provoked outrage among protesters. The protests, demanding an end to a system reserving up to 30% of government jobs for veterans' descendants, have prompted a curfew and military patrols in Dhaka as unrest continues.
