Thursday, July 25, 2024

Curfew still in place in Bangladesh

Bangladesh's government says it will only take a call on lifting a nationwide curfew - that has been in place for over a week now - if no clashes are reported on Friday.

Hundreds have been killed in protests that started last week over demands that a quota system for government jobs be scrapped. The country's Supreme Court has drastically brought down the number of reserved jobs but students say they want more.

Neha Poonia has more.

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