Day Bangladesh army declined to enforce president’s curfew orders to suppress youth protests and sealed her fate
Ten people familiar with the events of the past week, including four serving army officers and two other informed sources in Bangladesh, were interviewed to piece together the final 48 hours of Hasina’s reign. Many of them spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.
Unemployment storm: Bangladesh court scraps most job quotas that sparked deadly protests
Experts attribute the unrest to stagnant job growth in the private sector and high youth unemployment, making public sector jobs with regular wage hikes very attractive among the group who make up nearly a fifth of the population.
