a new group of protesters gathered at
the prime minister of Bangladesh office
calling on the minister Chef Hasa to
restore internet in the country internet
blackout has been experienced in the
Asian country since last week when
thousands of students blocked major
roads in the country most especially at
the capital city of D in and empty jobs
quarter system as at on Tuesday local
time it was observed that the country's
Army are still on the streets and
internet was yet to be restored the new
group of protesters industry leaders who
top business owners demanded that the
Prime Minister h on Monday to withdraw
the coffee and restore internet service
which has been down for days as part of
a complete Communications blackout the
group pleaded with her to have the Army
provide security for the D chatam
Highway the economic Lifeline that
connects the capital to the country's
men Port City amid FS of vandalism it
would be recalled that violence in
Bangladesh left estimated 146 de as
students demand reforms to a quota
system governing the allocation of
government jobs in the country some
residents said that the protests
intensified following prime minister sh
H's remarks where she allegedly said and
labeled the protesters as rers
this term according to observers it's
historically loaded and carrying a
negative connotation HS back to the east
Pakistani volunteer force that opposed
the creation of Bangladesh as a
Sovereign Nation during its 1971 war of
independence Bangladesh's Supreme Court
am the protest ruled and abolished the
majority of quarters for government jobs
previously one third of public sector
positions were reserved for the
relatives of veterans from the 1971 war
for independence from Pakistan the epex
court has now reduced this reservation
to just 5% law minister Anu H announced
that the government would comply with
the Court's ruling within days despite
this decision some student leaders
pledged to continue their protests
demanding further reforms amid the
protests the government expanded a
Crackdown on opposition parties with at
least 70 arrests reportedly met among
the Bangladesh nationalist party the
jobs quarter system which had earlier
been set aside by the government but was
revived by a court last month would have
given 30% of government jobs to
relatives of those that fought in the
war that won independence from Pakistan
in 1971
once scaled back as ruled by the Supreme
Court 93% of public sector jobs will be
dedicated to very best recruits with 5%
amount for veterans family members a
further 2% will be reserved for people
from ethnic minorities or with
disabilities Al jazer reported that the
protesters in Bangladesh have issued
demands amid a law in the violence that
has filled the streets in recent days
after the government back down on
Quarters on hiring for government jobs
student leaders said on Monday that the
plan to continue demonstrations despite
a decision by the Supreme Court the
previous day scaling about the Rial job
protest system that SP the protests the
demonstrators have demanded that the
government release protest leaders Le
the military [ __ ] and reopen the
universities which have been shot since
when last week they said they would give
the government 48 hours to meet the
demands it was observed that a lot of
protesters were attacked by Security
Forces as well as other students who Mar
the ruling awami League party last week
as the launched their call against the
quter system which s to reserve s after
government jobs for relatives of War
veterans and other groups although the
court has largely anol them quarters the
protesters have demanded accountability
for the Crackdown including the
resignation of ministers they have also
called for Swift formalization of the
ruling law Minister an HW has said on
Sunday that the government would
implement the changes to the legislation
within days the military curfew that was
implemented during the protest was
relaxed for several hours on Monday to
allow people to buy Essentials however
internet connections remain survived for
a fifth strength day in the nation of
170 million people according to the
country last population census after the
renewed call for a shutdown on Monday by
the students protesters soldiers
continued to roam the streets and tanks
were seen stationed across the streets
of the capital daa no more fatalities or
large scale Gatherings had been reported
by the late afternoon as a tentative C
persisted to according to Al jazer
reporter it was estimated that about 32
people were on Thursday killed in a
single day during the protest when the
to expected to rise further after
reports of clashes in nearly half of the
country's 64 districts videos posted
online saw security operativ shooting
directly at the protesters killing of
protesters were also observed in August
2018 when group of students protested
over safety of roads in the nation's
capital daa a police statement issued
after a near total shutdown of the
nation's internet said protesters had
touched vandalized and carried out
destructive activities on numerous
police and government offices according
to AFP among them was the darker
headquarters of State broadcaster
Bangladesh television which went offline
after hundreds of incensed students
stored the premises and set fire to a
building about 100 policemen were eeled
in the clashes on Thursday Faruk Hussein
a spokesman for the capitals police
force told AFP around 50 police boots
were bmed the police statement has said
that if the destruction continued they
would be forced to make maximum use of
law police fire was the cause of at
least two3 of deaths reported so far
based on descriptions given to AFP by
Hospital staff at least 26 districts
around the country reported clashes on
Thursday broadcaster independent
television reported the network said
more than 700 had been wounded through
the day including 104 police officers
and 30 journalists near the matches this
month have come for an end to a quarter
system 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 critics say the scheme benefits
children of proog government groups that
b prime minister Sheik H 76 who has
ruled the country since 2009 and won her
fourth consecutive election in January
after a vote without genuine opposition
H's government is Accused by rights
groups of missan State institutions to
entrench its hold on Power and Stamp Out
descent including by the extra judicial
killing of opposition activists her
Administration this week ed schools and
universities to close indefinitely as
police Step Up efforts to bring the
deteriorating law and other situation
under control moash Hassan a Bangladesh
expert at the University of Oso in
Norway told AFP thday that the protest
had grown into a wider expression of
discontent with H's autocratic rule they
are protesting against the repressive
nature of the state he told AFP the
students are in fact calling her a
dictator students have Ved to continue
their campaign despite H given a
national address on the Now offline
State broadcaster seeking to C the
situation our first demand is that the
Prime Minister must apologize to us
Protestant B shim him 18 told AFP on
Thursday secondly Justice must be
ensured for our killed Brothers she
added London B watch the netlock said
Friday that a nation scale internet
shutdown remained in effect the
destruction prevents families from
contacting each other and stifles
efforts to document human rights
violations it wrote in a social media
post on X AFP stated in quote
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