DHAKA: Bangladeshi students set fire to the country's state broadcaster on Thursday (Jul 18) as protests against civil service hiring rules escalated, with the death toll mounting to at least 32 and monitors saying a "near-total" internet blackout had been imposed.
DHAKA: Bangladesh i students set fire to the country's state broadcaster on Thursday as protests against civil service hiring rules escalated, with the death toll mounting to at least 32 and monitors saying a"near-total" internet blackout had been imposed.
"Our first demand is that the prime minister must apologise to us," protester Bidisha Rimjhim, 18, told AFP.Students clash with riot police during a protest against a quota system for government jobs, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jul 18, 2024. It said the latest outage"follows earlier efforts to throttle social media and restrict mobile data services" - key communication tools for protest organisers.that reserves more than half of civil service posts for specific groups, including children of veterans from the country's 1971 liberation war against Pakistan.
Students clash with riot police during a protest against a quota system for government jobs, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jul 18, 2024. The premier appeared on BTV on Wednesday night to condemn the"murder" of protesters and vow that those responsible will be punished regardless of political affiliation. "We've got seven dead here," an official at Uttara Crescent Hospital in Dhaka, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal, told AFP.Nearly 1,000 others had been treated at the hospital for injuries sustained during clashes, the official said, adding many had rubber bullet wounds.
Several cities across Bangladesh saw violence throughout the day as riot police marched on protesters who had begun another round of human blockades on roads and highways.
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