Demonstrations started in June after the High Court reinstated a quota system for government jobs.
Anti-quota supporters clashing with the police and Awami League supporters at the Rampura area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 18.The demonstrations started in June after the High Court reinstated a quota system for government jobs, overturning a 2018 decision by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government to scrap it.
But the Supreme Court suspended the high court order after the government's appeal, setting a date of Aug 7 to hear the government's challenge.She called the protesters"razakar", making use of an offensive term for those accused of collaborating with Pakistan's army in 1971 to betray the country.Introduced in 1972, Bangladesh's quota system has gone through several changes since.
Experts also attribute the unrest to stagnant job growth in the private sector, making public sector jobs, with their accompanying regular wage hikes and privileges, very attractive.
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