Bangladesh students form new party after leading anti-discrimination protests

College students in Bangladesh, who spearheaded final yr’s protests in opposition to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, have fashioned a brand new political get together. The protests erupted in July after the Supreme Court docket decreased quotas that reserved a 3rd of presidency jobs for descendants of 1971 Warfare Veterans. The unrest led to a violent crackdown by safety forces, leading to no less than 300 deaths. Sheikh Hasina later fled the nation.

Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury studies from Dhaka.

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