Bangladeshi army chief, General Waker-uz-Zaman, went on a helicopter ride to inspect the loss and damage across the capital and surroundings after student-led protests against quotas in government jobs spiralled into violence last week.
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00:00Relative calm prevailed for a second straight day in Dhaka, and most major cities, although
00:08the army chief said, security had still not been entirely restored after he surveyed the
00:14capital city by helicopter.
00:17Bangladeshi army chief, General Wakhir Uzaman, later told a press briefing that damage from
00:22the protests was indescribable.
00:49Meanwhile the Bangladesh government said it would heed a Supreme Court ruling that
00:5493% of state jobs be open to competition, meeting a key demand of students after a week
01:02of some of the country's deadliest protests in years.
01:07But students raised fresh demands, including the scrapping of a curfew, restoration of
01:13internet services and reopening of campuses, leaving unclear whether the government's
01:20acceptance of the court decision would completely defuse the unrest.