Renewed anti-government protests have left nearly 100 dead in Bangladesh
![Men run past a shopping center which was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government demanding justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide deadly clashes, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6104x4070+0+0/resize/6104x4070!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe1%2F09%2F86a7d5fd4db0ab2a4f980b964e76%2Fap24217447342269.jpg)
The protests began in July as students demanded an end to a quota system that reserved 30% of government jobs for families of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence against Pakistan.
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