Protesters have been demanding an end to a quota reserved for family members of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971, which allows them to take up 30 percent of governmental jobs.
At least five people were killed and dozens injured in two separate incidents in Bangladesh as violence continued on university campuses in the nation's capital and elsewhere over a government jobs quota system, local media reports have said.
They argue that quota appointments are discriminatory and should be merit-based. Some even said the current system benefits groups supporting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.newspaper reported that two persons including a pedestrian were killed as they suffered injuries during violence in Chattogram, a southeastern district, on Tuesday.daily reported that a 22-year-old protester died in the northern district of Rangpur. Details of the casualties could not be confirmed immediately.
According to local media reports, police and the ruling party-backed student wing attacked the protesters. On Tuesday, protesters blocked railways and some highways across the country, and in Dhaka, they halted traffic in many areas as they vowed to continue demonstrating until the demands were met.Protesters say they are apolitical, but leaders of the ruling parties accused the opposition of using the demonstrations for political gains.
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