DHAKA: Days after over 150 people were killed in protests against government employment reservations, Bangladesh partially restored communications services on Wednesday, although with a sluggish internet connection and suspended social media.
Since the Supreme Court reduced reservations for a number of categories to 7% on Sunday, the nation has largely been at peace. This decision overturned a previous finding by a higher court that reinstated a 56% quota for government posts that had been eliminated in 2018.
The administration of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared on Tuesday that it would follow the Supreme Court’s decision.
The government began reducing the curfew that was enforced last week as protests against the quotas, which included a 30% reservation for the families of independence fighters from the 1971 conflict, subsided.DHAKA: Days after over 150 people were killed in protests against government employment reservations, Bangladesh partially restored communications services on Wednesday, although with a sluggish internet connection and suspended social media.
Since the Supreme Court reduced reservations for a number of categories to 7% on Sunday, the nation has largely been at peace. This decision overturned a previous finding by a higher court that reinstated a 56% quota for government posts that had been eliminated in 2018.
The administration of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared on Tuesday that it would follow the Supreme Court’s decision.
The government began reducing the curfew that was enforced last week as protests against the quotas, which included a 30% reservation for the families of independence fighters from the 1971 conflict, subsided.
