Curfews have been eased in Bangladesh after the country's top court overturned controversial government job quotas that sparked deadly protests.
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00:00Curfews have been eased in Bangladesh after the country's top court scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that had sparked deadly protests.
00:09A lower court had reserved 30 percent of jobs for relatives of people who fought for independence from Pakistan in 1971.
00:16That led to deadly unrest with 114 people killed in student-led protests.
00:21They were arguing the quotas were unfair at a time of economic decline.
00:25The Supreme Court overturned the ruling, saying 93 percent of government jobs should be open to all candidates based off merit.
00:55The rest of the votes are for the people who fought for independence.
00:58One percent of the votes are for the opposition and the right wing.