Widespread telecoms disruptions in Bangladesh as student protests spike

DHAKA: Telecoms links were widely disrupted in Bangladesh on Friday, with television news channels going off the air amid violent student protests against quotas for government jobs that have killed nearly two dozen people this week.

Sparked by student anger against the controversial quotas, the protests, some analysts say, are also being fuelled by economic woes, such as high inflation, growing unemployment and shrinking reserves of foreign exchange.