Bangladesh protests pause as top court agrees to abandon most job quotas
Bangladeshi authorities said there were no reports of violence or protests across Bangladesh on Monday, as the Supreme Court ruling quelled violent demonstrations that had rocked the country. Students and activists were protesting against a quota system that allocates some of Bangladesh’s most desirable government jobs to relatives of veterans of Bangladesh’s 1971 war of […]
Bangladesh Reportedly Manipulates Internet As Students Mass Riot Against Government
The Bangladesh government imposed a “near-total” suspension of mobile internet services on Thursday after reports of violence by student protesters, a censorship monitoring group reported. The Bangladesh government implemented a “near-total, nationwide internet shutdown,” digital governance and cybersecurity watchdog NetBlocks reported on Twitter. The “new measures follow previous efforts to throttle social media and restrict […]