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Bangladesh student protests over jobs escalate, telecoms disrupted

An injured protester after a clash with police and Awami League supporters at the Rampura area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 18 [Anik Rahman/Reuters]

Dozens of people have been killed in Bangladesh as nationwide student protests over the allocation of civil service jobs took an increasingly violent turn.

On Friday student demonstrators continued to clash with police and pro-government activists after days of protests, with government buildings torched and telecommunications severely disrupted.

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