At least five people were killed and scores injured across Bangladesh on Tuesday as young government supporters and police firing tear gas clashed with students protesting against a quota system for government jobs, police said.
Tens of thousands of students joined nationwide protests for a second day after more than 100 people were injured on Monday in rallies that blocked major highways and rail links. They are the first significant protests against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government since she won a fourth straight term in January. The protesters are angry over public sector job quotas, including a 30% quota for family members of freedom fighters from the 1971 War of Independence, amid high youth unemployment.
The Border Guard Bangladesh paramilitary force was deployed across the country to tighten security as clashes continued in several places, the force said. Stagnant job growth in Bangladesh’s private sector has made government jobs, which offer regular wage hikes and other privileges, more attractive, said Mohammad Abdur Razzaque, chairman of Research and Policy Integration for Development. Nearly 32 million young Bangladeshis are not in work or education, he said.
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