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Bangladesh imposes nationwide curfew as deadly protests over government jobs escalate
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 8 hours agoDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government late Friday announced a...
Bangladesh capital bans rallies after government buildings torched
The Nation· 2 hours agoThis week’s unrest has killed at least 50 people, according to an AFP count of victims reported by hospitals, and emerged as an unprecedented threat to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic ...
3 killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh in violent clashes over government jobs quota system
rdnewsNOW· 4 days agoDHAKA, Banglades (AP) - Three people were killed and dozens injured in two separate incidents in...
Why Deadly Protests Are Roiling Bangladesh
New York Times· 10 hours agoViolent clashes have erupted between the police and students protesting a quota system used to fill coveted civil service jobs. Anupreeta Das reported...
Bangladesh closes universities, colleges indefinitely after deadly protests over job quotas | CBC...
CBC.ca· 3 days agoPolice in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse students protesting against the...
Bangladesh Deploys Border Force to Try to Quell Student Protests
New York Times· 3 days agoAcross the country, students have taken to the streets over job quotas that they say limit their...
Taxis, security escort help Indian students escape violence-hit Bangladesh
StreetInsider· 13 hours agoAt least 20 people have been killed in the clashes this week - most of them in the capital Dhaka - with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets to scatter protesters who ...
Violent clashes over quota system in government jobs leave scores injured in Bangladesh
Winnipeg Sun· 4 days agoPolice fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between a pro-government...
Students refuse to budge amid nationwide education shutdown in Bangladesh
The Nation· 3 days agoThe protesting students are refusing to budge from their demand of public jobs reforms, amid the...
Dozens injured in violent clashes over Bangladesh government jobs quota system
Stroud News and Journal· 4 days agoThe violence spread at Jahangir Nagar University in Savar, outside Dhaka, where protesters were demanding an end to a quota reserved for family members of veterans who fought ...