At least 21 people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday in fierce clashes between protesters and the ruling Awami League supporters in Bangladesh as the protests over a government jobs quota continued with demands for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation.
The fresh round of clashes erupted days after over 200 people were killed in violent clashes between the police and mostly student protesters demanding an end to the controversial quota system that reserved 30 per cent of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s War of Independence in 1971.