Bangladesh partially restored telecommunication services on Wednesday, though internet speed remained slow and social media platforms were still blocked. This follows days of deadly protests against government job reservations that resulted in almost 150 deaths.
The protests began after the Supreme Court reduced reservations for various categories to 7%, overturning a high court ruling that reinstated a 56% quota in government jobs, which had been abolished in 2018. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government stated on Tuesday that it would comply with the Supreme Court’s decision.
As the protests, which included a 30% reservation for family members of 1971 war freedom fighters, began to diminish, the government started easing the curfew imposed last week. On Wednesday, restrictions were relaxed for seven hours, and offices were allowed to open from 11 am to 3 pm.
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Public buses started operating in some areas, a stark contrast to the violent clashes that occurred in the city last week. Protesting students have given the government a 48-hour ultimatum to meet four more conditions from their eight-point list of demands. They said they would announce their next steps on Thursday.
The protests started after the high court’s verdict last month left less than half of state jobs available on merit. In Bangladesh, about 32 million young people are unemployed or not in education. The demonstrations grew more intense after Hasina refused to meet the protesters’ demands and called them “razakar.”
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Hasina blamed her political opponents for the violence and stated that the curfew would be lifted “whenever the situation gets better.” The main opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, denied any involvement in the violence.
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