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Following deadly clashes between demonstrators and the government over a civil service quota system, Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday largely reversed a decision to reintroduce the plan, BBC Bangla reported. Under the Supreme Court of Bangladesh’s ruling, 93% of all appointments are to be based on merit with immediate effect, with 5% going to descendants of soldiers who fought for Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan in 1971 and 2% to people from ethnic minorities or with disabilities. The original quota system reserved more than half of public sector jobs for such special groups. It was se…

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