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Bangladesh shuts schools amid deadly student protests

Bangladesh shuts schools amid deadly student protests

Update: 2024-07-17
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Long: Bangladesh shuts down schools as student protests turn deadly amid calls for a reform of the quota system for public sector jobs. We hear from the Bangladesh law minister Anisul Huq. Also in the programme: Paris Olympics organising committee chair says the Seine River is safe for sport; and the Gazan man with Down’s syndrome attacked by Israeli army dog.

(Photo: Funeral prayers of six Bengali students killed in Dhaka. Credit: Reuters)

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Bangladesh shuts schools amid deadly student protests

Bangladesh shuts schools amid deadly student protests

BBC World Service