2024-07-20 02:48:31
(24 News) The total number of deaths in the student protests against the quota system in government jobs in Bangladesh has reached 105.
According to a foreign news agency, at least 75 people were killed in the protests today and 52 people lost their lives in Dhaka city alone. At least 105 people lost their lives this week during student protests. Protesting students today attacked the central jail in central Bangladesh’s Narsingdi district, freed the prisoners and set the jail on fire.
According to the police, the number of prisoners released from prison is in the hundreds, on the other hand, hospital sources say that more than half of the people killed this week have been killed by police firing.
For the past several days, students have been protesting against the 30% quota in government jobs given to the children of the 1971 war fighters in Bangladesh, and clashes are taking place with the student police and the student wing of the ruling party ‘Awami League’. In Bangladesh, 56 percent of government jobs go to quotas, of which 30 percent are reserved for children of 1971 war fighters, 10 percent for women and 10 percent for residents of certain districts.
The students are demanding that government jobs should be given on merit and only 6% quota reserved for minorities and persons with disabilities should be maintained.
On the other hand, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Hasina Wajid called those protesting against the quota system as ‘volunteers’, the term ‘volunteers’ in Bangladesh is used for those who supported the Pakistani army in the 1971 war.
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It should be noted that the quota system in government jobs in Bangladesh was abolished in 2018 after similar protests started in the country. had given a decision to restore, after which a series of violent protests have started.
2024-07-20 02:48:31