Bangladesh witnessed calm on Monday, July 22, 2024, after days of deadly clashes, which saw 114 people killed during protests where students demanding that the Sheikh Hasina-led government scrap a controversial job quota system.
The student protesters wanted an end to a quota that reserved 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971. The Bangladesh supreme court scrapped the law on Sunday.
IMAGE: Vehicles that were set afire during the violent clashes in Dhaka, July 22, 2024. All photographs: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters
IMAGE: Security personnel walk past damaged vehicles of a government owned organisation in Dhaka that were set afire by mobs.
IMAGE: Army soldiers stand guard under a footbridge that was set on fire by a mob.
IMAGE: Technicians work to fix network cables that were damaged during the clashes in Dhaka.
IMAGE: Security personnel and rickshaw pullers move past a partially damaged government building, that was set afire by a mob, in Dhaka.
IMAGE: A damaged vehicle set afire by a mob during the clashes in Dhaka.
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Mahipal Soni/Rediff.com