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Bangladesh students call for march to capital Dhaka a day after clashes kill nearly 100 people

A garment store is set ablaze in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 4, 2024.
A garment store is set ablaze in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 4, 2024. Protesting students have called for a march to the capital on Monday as part of their quota reform movement. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Protesting students in Bangladesh have called for a march to the capital Dhaka in defiance of a nationwide curfew on Monday to press prime minister Sheikh Hasina to resign, a day after deadly clashes in the South Asian country killed nearly 100 people.

The country has been engulfed by protests and violence that began last month after student groups demanded the scrapping of a controversial quota system in government jobs.

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