ALBAWABA- Bangladeshi students set fire to the country's state television station on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeared on the network seeking to calm escalating clashes that have now killed at least 32 people.
Thousands of students are demanding an end to "discriminatory" government hiring practices and have vowed not to return to class until their demands are met, intensifying the anti-quota protests.
The unrest has led to a nationwide shutdown, with protesters rejecting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's offer of talks.
The student protests, driven by high youth unemployment—affecting nearly 32 million people out of the total population of 170 million—are calling for the abolition of a 30 percent quota for the families of veterans of the 1971 independence war.
Despite the government's attempts to negotiate, the clashes have only grown more violent, resulting in the deaths of six people and hundreds of injuries this week alone.
