Curfew extended in Bangladesh as top court to rule on job quotas

Students clash over quota system at New market area of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP)

Bangladeshi authorities extended a curfew across the country on Sunday as the nation’s top court was expected to rule on a civil service hiring quota that has led to days of deadly clashes between police and protesters.

The nationwide demonstrations — called for mainly by student groups — began weeks ago to protest a quota system that reserves up to 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971.