The ruling slashed the number of reserved jobs to just 7 per cent, but fell short of meeting protester demands.
DHAKA – Bangladesh’s top court on July 21 pared back, but fell short of public demands to abolish, contentious civil service hiring rules thatWhat began as a protest against politicised admission quotas for sought-after government jobs snowballed into some of the worst unrest of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s tenure.
The ruling curtailed the number of reserved jobs, from 56 per cent of all positions to 7 per cent, but fell short of meeting protester demands. Students had called for the complete abolition of that category, along with other quotas for women and specific districts of the country.Opponents accuse Ms Hasina’s government of bending the judiciary to its will, and the prime minister had already hinted to the public this week that the court would issue a ruling favourable to student demands.
With some 18 million young people in Bangladesh out of work, according to government figures, the quota scheme’s reintroduction deeply upset graduates facing an acute jobs crisis. Since July 16, at least 151 people, including several police officers, have been killed in clashes around the country, according to a count of victims reported by police and hospitals.Police have arrested several members of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Students Against Discrimination, the main protest organising group.
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