Bangladesh’s top court scales back jobs quota after scores killed in unrest

Police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters (Rajib Dhar/AP)

Bangladesh’s top court has scaled back a quota system for government job applicants, a partial victory for student protesters after days of nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and demonstrators that have killed scores of people.

Students, frustrated by shortages of good jobs, have been demanding an end to a quota that reserved 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971.