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The verdict, delivered on Sunday, comes after weeks of violent protests – led predominantly by students – that led to over 100 casualties…reports Asian Lite News Following protests that resulted into the

The neighbouring nation has been witnessing widespread protests for weeks over the reintroduction of reservation in government jobs…reports Asian Lite News The Bangladesh government has imposed a curfew and a shoot-on-sight order

Students have been demonstrating since the beginning of July against a rule that reserves a bulk of government jobs for the descendants of those who fought in the country’s 1971 liberation war…reports

Death toll reportedly rose to 39; protesters set fire to a building of the state broadcaster, BTV; the nation experienced widespread mobile internet outages…reports Asian Lite News Violence in Bangladesh intensified on

Bangladesh indefinitely closed all educational institutions on Wednesday following deadly clashes between students and police as campus protests against job quotas spread across the country….reports Asian Lite News The Bangladesh government has

The protests began after the High Court reinstated a quota system that was abolished in 2018, which reserved 30 percent of government jobs for descendants of freedom fighters from the 1971 Bangladesh