DHAKA, July 18 — Bangladesh students vowed today to continue nationwide protests against civil service hiring rules, rebuffing an olive branch from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
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Hasina’s government has ordered schools and universities to close indefinitely and stepped up efforts to contain weeks of rallies demanding equal access to public sector jobs. But Students Against Discrimination, the main group behind this month’s rallies, said her words were insincere and urged supporters to press on.
The call was widely observed in the capital Dhaka, with barely any vehicles seen on the city’s usually traffic-choked roads. “He was hit by rubber bullets,” police inspector Bacchu Mia told AFP. “He was brought to the hospital but died before he was admitted.”More than 500 others were injured in clashes around the country on Wednesday, while six people were killed on Tuesday.
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