Bangladesh court scales back government jobs quota after unrest kills scores

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's top court on Sunday scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants after it led to nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and protesters that have killed scores of people. In its verdict afThe Supreme Court in its verdict ordered 93% of the government jobs to be allocated on a merit-based system, leaving the remaining 7% for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971 and other categories. Earlier...