Bangladesh students vow to continue stir

The quotas reserved 56 per cent of government jobs for groups like families of freedom fighters, women, and people from underdeveloped areas.

Bangladesh remained under a curfew on Monday, with widespread telecom disruptions persisting a day after the Supreme Court scaled back controversial job quotas.

Student protesters, who clashed with security forces in recent weeks, set the government a 48-hour deadline to meet new demands.

The unrest erupted after the High Court reinstated job quotas in June, reversing a 2018 decision by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government to scrap them.

The quotas reserved 56 per cent of government jobs for groups like families of freedom fighters, women, and people from underdeveloped areas.

"We will continue our protests until the government publishes the verdict in the gazette," a Dhaka University student told news agency Reuters. The gazette is the official record of government decisions.

Students are also demanding the release of detained protest leaders, the lifting of the curfew, and the reopening of universities shut down since last week.