DHAKA: Bangladesh police on Thursday (Jul 11) fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse university student protesters demanding the scrapping of quotas they say are rigged to support pro-government job candidates.
Students scuffle with police during a protest to demand merit-based system for civil service jobs in Dhaka on Jul 11, 2024. DHAKA: Bangladesh police on Thursday fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse university student protesters demanding the scrapping of quotas they say are rigged to support pro-government job candidates.
Officers forcibly dispersed around 150 students in the eastern city of Comilla after they attempted to blockade the main highway to the capital Dhaka, police inspector Syed Fazle Rabbi told AFPComilla Medical College Hospital director Sheikh Fazle Rabbi told AFP that 11 protesters had been injured, with two since discharged. None of the injured had been hit by rubber bullets.
"Police tried to stop us from holding our protests," Dipa, a student from the city who did not give her last name, told AFP.Students are demanding that only those quotas supporting ethnic minorities and disabled people - six per cent of jobs - should remain.
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