DHAKA — Bangladeshi students 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 deadly unrest.
DHAKA — Bangladesh i students 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 deadly unrest.Student rallies against civil service job quotas this month sparked days of violence that killed at least 205 people, including several police officers, according to an AFP count of police and hospital data.
People take part in a protest march against the mass arrest and killing of protesters during last week’s violence amid anti-quota protests in Dhaka on July 28, 2024. AFP PhotoAt least half a dozen leaders of Students Against Discrimination, the group that organized the initial protests, are among thousands since taken into police custody.
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