00:00Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that
00:07had sparked nationwide protests by students over the past two months.
00:14The protests and reform movement have seen at least 114 casualties in the country.
00:23Dismissing a lower court order, the Supreme Court directed that 93 percent of government
00:28jobs should be open to candidates on merit, without quotas.
00:33The court decision was seen as a victory for the student groups seeking to end the job
00:37quota system.
00:58The streets near the Supreme Court were quiet immediately following the court decision.
01:17Bangladesh Attorney General A.M.
01:19Amin Uddin said with the ruling he hoped that normalcy will return and those with ulterior
01:25motives will stop instigating the people.
01:29The government scrapped the quota system in 2018 but the lower court reinstated it last
01:34month, pegging total quotas at 56%, sparking protests and an ensuing government crackdown
01:40on protesters who were defying a ban on public gatherings.
01:46The government suspended internet services and deployed the army at checkpoints imposing
01:51a curfew since Friday.
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