The Take: Why are Bangladesh students protesting?

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. In response, there has been a deadly crackdown in which authorities have shut down all public universities and cut mobile phone services. Are students in Bangladesh losing faith in their country’s promise of independence and democracy?

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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.