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Bangladesh protesters furious over job allocation system clash with police, with at least 25 deaths reported

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Bangladeshi authorities have cut phone and internet services and TVs have gone dark amid violent clashes between student protesters and police.

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  1. Police, students clash in Bangladesh as protests over job quotas kill 6 more people

    Headline from Voice of America ·

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    Bangladesh protesters furious over job allocation system clash with police, with at least 25 deaths reported

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  1. Al Jazeera

    ‘We sought rights’: Bangladesh on edge after quota protest turns violent (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Hundreds of students were injured in clashes on Monday, but they’ve refused to back down.

  2. Al Jazeera

    What’s behind Bangladesh’s violent quota protests? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Students demanding reforms in the quota system say they have come under attack from the government and its allies.

  3. Washington Times

    Violent clashes over quota system in government jobs leave scores injured in Bangladesh (opens Washington Times)

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    Police fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters overnight, leaving dozens injured at a public university outside Bangladesh's capital, police and students said Tuesday.

  4. The Guardian

    Two dead and thousands injured as Bangladesh police crack down on anti-quota protests (opens The Guardian)

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    Police fired teargas at university campuses as students demanded an end to discriminatory rules

  5. The Republic

    Violent clashes over government jobs quota system leave scores injured in Bangladesh (opens The Republic)

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    DHAKA, Banglades (AP) — Police fired tear gas and charged with batons during violent clashes between a pro-government student body and student protesters overnight, leaving dozens injured at a public university outside Bangladesh’s capital, authorities and students said Tuesday.

  6. Al Jazeera

    At least one student killed during anti-quota protests in Bangladesh (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Demonstrators demand end to scheme that prioritises families of veterans of 1971 independence war.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Dozens wounded as Bangladesh students protest government job quotas (opens Al Jazeera)

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    More than 100 people have been injured during protests over government job quotas for special groups in Bangladesh.

  8. Deutsche Welle

    Bangladesh: Several dead in student protests over quota system – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Hundreds of students have been injured during protests in Dhaka. Students loyal to the government attacked peaceful marchers.

  9. New York Times

    What to Know About the Student Unrest in Bangladesh (opens New York Times)

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    Seventeen people have been killed in violent clashes between the police and students protesting a quota system used to fill coveted civil service jobs.

  10. PBS NewsHour

    Bangladesh clashes leave 19 more dead as student protesters try to impose 'complete shutdown' (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Students have been demonstrating for weeks against a quota system for government jobs they say favors allies of the ruling party.

  11. Al Jazeera

    Who are the protesters demanding an end to job quotas in Bangladesh? (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Experts say lack of jobs for university graduates driving unrest in the South Asian country.

  12. Deutsche Welle

    Why are Bangladeshi students protesting? – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Students frustrated over "unfair" quotas for government jobs are clashing with ruling party supporters and police. Tempers are exacerbated by poor economic conditions and a lack of opportunity for the future.

  13. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Here's what to know about the violent protests over government jobs roiling Bangladesh (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Bangladesh has been gripped by violence this week after relentless clashes between student protesters, security officials and pro-government student activists over a quota system for government jobs.

  14. Al Jazeera

    Bangladesh students intensify anti-quota protests as 17 killed (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Police use tear gas on student protesters as violent clashes over civil service hiring quotas continue to rock country.

  15. Voice of America

    Police, students clash in Bangladesh as protests over job quotas kill 6 more people (opens Voice of America)

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    Authorities cut some mobile internet services to quell anti-quota protests that have killed at least 12 people this week

  16. Al Jazeera

    Bangladesh protest met with violence, communications cut off (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Student-led protests over a job quota system in Bangladesh are met with police violence and a communications shut-down.

  17. New York Times

    Why Deadly Protests Are Roiling Bangladesh (opens New York Times)

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    Seventeen people have been killed in violent clashes between the police and students protesting a quota system used to fill coveted civil service jobs.

  18. CBS News

    Bangladesh protesters furious over job allocation system clash with police, with at least 25 deaths reported (opens CBS News)

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    Bangladeshi authorities have cut phone and internet services and TVs have gone dark amid violent clashes between student protesters and police.

  19. Voice of America

    Bangladesh TV news off air, communications widely disrupted as student protests spike (opens Voice of America)

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    Television news channels were off the air and telecommunications were widely disrupted amid violent student protests against quotas for government jobs in which nearly two dozen people have been killed this week

  20. The World from PRX

    Students in Bangladesh call for leadership change as protests against quota system turn violent (opens The World from PRX)

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    Protests against a job quota system in Bangladesh have turned violent. The World’s host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Samina Luthfa, who teaches sociology at the University of Dhaka, about why people are upset.

  21. New York Times

    Tens of Thousands of Students Protest Job Quotas in Bangladesh’s Streets (opens New York Times)

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    University students oppose the reinstatement of a quota system for government jobs that was abolished in 2018.

  22. Foreign Policy

    What’s Behind Bangladesh’s Student Protests? (opens Foreign Policy)

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    The country is confronting some of its most violent unrest in years over a controversial job quota system.

  23. The World from PRX

    Bangladesh quota protests (opens The World from PRX)

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    Thousands of students armed with sticks and rocks have been clashing with armed police in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, and across the country. The protests began with a demand to update a quota system for government jobs. Now, it has expanded to a demand for a stop to government repression.

  24. The Diplomat

    The Quota Reform Protest In Bangladesh Is Much More Than It Seems (opens The Diplomat)

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    Bangladesh’s leaders are right that the protest has morphed into a broader challenge. What they fail to see is that their own actions are responsible for that development.

  25. Al Jazeera

    Bangladesh student protests over jobs escalate, telecoms disrupted (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Death toll expected to rise amid violence that has seen government buildings torched and telecommunications disrupted.

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