5 killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh in violent clashes over government jobs quota

Associated Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Media reports in Bangladesh say at least five people have been killed and dozens injured in violence around the country connected with student protests against a government jobs quota. Protesters have clashed with pro-government student activists and with police. Violence has been reported around the capital of Dhaka, the southeastern city of Chattogram and the northern city of Rangpur. Protesters are 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 to 30% of government jobs. They argue the quota is discriminatory, and that it benefits supporters of the ruling Awami League party led the independence movement.