The violence in Bangladesh escalated on Thursday as students set afire a building belonging to the country's state broadcaster, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeared on the network ...

Protesters had been demanding the end of a quota system that reserves 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence. Students taking part in ...

Protesters are demanding an end to a quota system that reserves up to 30% of government jobs for family members of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971. They argue ...