People Take to the Streets in Bangladesh in Protest against Government Policies

In Bangladesh, the government’s policy shift has sparked a major protest that has led students and teachers from the country’s leading universities to take to the streets in front of the government. They are not demanding a raise in their wages, but rather protesting to preserve their cultural heritage, which has spread throughout the country. Mohammad Yunus’s government decision to cancel the appointments of music and physical education teachers in primary schools has enraged the Bangladeshi youth. They believe that the government’s crackdown on Islamic extremists, who had demanded a ban on music and exercise, is unjust. Students’ protests have been symbolized by singing national anthems and songs of the 1971 Liberation War under the sky of Bangladesh University campus.