The Take: Why are Bangladesh students protesting?
5 months ago

The Take: Why are Bangladesh students protesting?

Al Jazeera  

Bangladesh student protests against quotas for government jobs have escalated into the country’s worst unrest in years School’s out in Bangladesh and students are up in arms against government job quotas. Are students in Bangladesh losing faith in their country’s promise of independence and democracy? In this episode: Zulkarnain Saer Khan, investigative journalist Episode credits: This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Sarí el-Khalili, Khaled Soltan, and Sonia Bhagat, with Manahil Naveed, Veronique Eshaya, and our host Malika Bilal. The Take production team is Amy Walters, Ashish Malhotra, Catherine Nouhan, Chloe K Li, Duha Mosaad, Khaled Soltan, Manahil Naveed, Marcos Bartolomé, Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, Tamara Khandaker, Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan and Veronique Eshaya.

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