By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
Newsunplug KenyaNewsunplug KenyaNewsunplug Kenya
  • News
    • Metro
    • Politics
    • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • Spotify
Reading: Bangladesh resumes demonstrations after an ultimatum is disregarded.
Share
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
Newsunplug KenyaNewsunplug Kenya
Font ResizerAa
  • News
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • Spotify
  • News
    • Metro
    • Politics
    • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Tech
  • Spotify
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
© 2022 Foxiz News Network. Ruby Design Company. All Rights Reserved.
Newsunplug Kenya > Blog > News > Bangladesh resumes demonstrations after an ultimatum is disregarded.
News

Bangladesh resumes demonstrations after an ultimatum is disregarded.

Ivy Irungu
Last updated: July 29, 2024 8:40 am
Ivy Irungu
1 year ago
Share
SHARE

Bangladeshi students have called for new street protests on Monday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government ignored an ultimatum to release their leaders and apologize for those killed in the recent unrest. Student rallies against civil service job quotas this month sparked days of violence that resulted in at least 205 deaths, including several police officers, according to AFP’s count of police and hospital data.

The clashes were some of the worst during Hasina’s 15-year tenure. However, her government has since largely restored order by deploying troops, imposing a curfew, and shutting down the internet nationwide. At least half a dozen leaders of Students Against Discrimination, the group that organized the initial protests, are among the thousands taken into police custody.

“The government is continuing to show complete and utter insensitivity to our movement,” said Abdul Kader, one of the group’s coordinators, in a statement. “We are calling for a protest rally across the country. We are requesting all citizens of Bangladesh to show solidarity with our demands and join in our movement.”

Students Against Discrimination leaders had vowed to resume demonstrations if police failed to release their leaders by Sunday evening. Their demands also include a public apology from Hasina for the violence, the dismissal of several ministers, and the reopening of schools and universities that were closed at the height of the unrest.

READ MORE  Ruto calls for equitable global financial system to address poverty, climate change

According to Prothom Alo, Bangladesh’s largest daily newspaper, at least 9,000 people have been arrested nationwide since the unrest began. Troops continue to patrol urban areas, and a nationwide curfew remains in force but has been progressively eased since last week.

Bangladesh’s mobile internet network was restored on Sunday, 11 days after a nationwide blackout, indicating the government’s confidence that it has control of the situation.

Protests began this month over the reintroduction of a quota scheme reserving more than half of all government jobs for certain groups. With around 18 million young Bangladeshis out of work, the move deeply upset graduates facing an acute jobs crisis. Critics claim the quota is used to fill public jobs with loyalists to the ruling Awami League.

The Supreme Court reduced the number of reserved jobs last week but did not meet the protesters’ demands to scrap the quotas entirely.

Hasina, 76, has ruled Bangladesh since 2009 and won her fourth consecutive election in January after a vote without genuine opposition. Rights groups accuse her government of misusing state institutions to entrench its hold on power and suppress dissent, including the extrajudicial killing of opposition activists.

READ MORE  Suba elders denounce Raila's anti-government protests
Gachagua to Ruto: Stop using proxies to attack former President Uhuru
Women MPs to wear Kenyan designers in support of SMEs
Case of Ksh1B VAT fraud against Chinese construction company is won by KRA.
Kenya starts to evacuate its residents from Lebanon as tensions in the region grow.
Over 45,000 students to get 100pc State scholarship in public varsities
Share This Article
Facebook Email Print
Previous Article Kakamega: A family seeks justice after their son is allegedly killed in an identity theft case.
Next Article Bangladesh resumes demonstrations after an ultimatum is disregarded.
about us

We influence 20 million users and is the number one business and technology news network on the planet.

Recent Posts

  • Two arrested as NACADA seizes bhang worth Ksh.5M near university hostels in Homa Bay
  • Football fans call for USA to be stripped of World Cup hosting duties after Charlie Kirk was sh0t de@d
  • 23-year-old mother puts 15-day-old baby in refrigerator because he was not sleeping
  • Bomet priest, mother arraigned over alleged assault of minor
  • Mwingi man arrested for allegedly killing, burying father in secret grave

Recent Comments

No comments to show.
Newsunplug KenyaNewsunplug Kenya
© Newsunplug Kenya. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?