The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement started as student protests against a system that reserved a large share of public-sector jobs for particular groups, including descendants of those who fought in the 1971 Liberation War. Demonstrations at Dhaka University spread across the country in July, and clashes with police and with supporters of the governing Awami League led to many deaths. The Supreme Court reduced the quotas, but protests continued and developed into a broader movement against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who had ruled for fifteen years. She resigned and fled to India on 5 August, and a caretaker government headed by the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took office.
Before and after
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- 26 May 2024Tel al-Sultan camp airstrike
- June 20242024 Brazil wildfires
- June 20242024 European Parliament election
- from 6 June 2024 to 3 August 20242024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- 8 June 2024Operation Arnon
- 8 June 2024Nuseirat refugee camp massacre
- from 15 June 2024 to 16 June 2024Summit on Peace in Ukraine
- 19 June 20242024 North Korea–Russia summit
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