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- Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has scaled back a controversial government job quota system that triggered deadly nationwide unrest last week.
- Streets are calm after the ruling, but student leaders vow to press on with demonstrations until key demands are met, including the release of those jailed, and officials responsible for the violence resign.
- Protesters have been demanding the abolition of a 30 percent job quota for descendants of the 1971 liberation war veterans. The new court ruling says 93 percent of jobs should be on merit, allowing only a 5 percent reservation for relatives of freedom fighters and 2 percent for members of ethnic minorities and transgender and disabled people.
- Demonstrations began after the High Court reinstated the controversial quota system last month, and protests turned violent last week after governing party workers attacked demonstrating students.