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Bangladesh: From job quota to Sheikh Hasina’s resignation: Timeline of the Bangladesh student protests

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Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on August 5, Monday ending 15 years in power as thousands of protesters defied a military curfew and stormed her official residence.

The protests began in early June peacefully as frustrated students demanded an end to a quota system for government jobs, but the demonstrations have since morphed into an unprecedented challenge and uprising against Hasina and her ruling Awami League party. The government attempted to quell the violence with force, leaving nearly 300 people dead and fueling further outrage and calls for Hasina to step down.
Bangladesh faces a significant political crisis following a contentious High Court ruling that reintroduced a job quota system favoring the descendants of the 1971 independence war fighters. The decision sparked widespread protests among university students.

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