DHAKA — Student leaders rallied Bangladeshis on Saturday for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government weathered a worsening backlash over a deadly police crackdown on protesters.
DHAKA — Student leaders rallied Bangladeshis on Saturday for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government weathered a worsening backlash over a deadly police crackdown on protesters.Rallies against civil service job quotas sparked days of mayhem last month that killed more than 200 people in some of the worst unrest of Hasina's 15-year tenure.
Bangladeshi artist performs in an apparent skit at a mass demonstration in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Aug. 2, 2024. EPA PHOTOStudents Against Discrimination, the group responsible for organizing the initial protests, urged their compatriots to launch an all-out noncooperation movement from Sunday.
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