Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:30pm on 03 Aug 2024,Saturday International
Bangladeshi student leaders vowed to continue their nationwide civil disobedience campaign until Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns, following a deadly police crackdown on protests in July that killed over 200 people. The protests began over a controversial quota system for civil service jobs and have escalated into a broader movement against Hasina’s government. Students Against Discrimination, the group leading the protests, rejected talks with Hasina and called for a halt in tax and utility payments starting Sunday. The campaign evokes the 1971 liberation struggle, led by Hasina's father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
