The 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement was a pro-democracy movement in Bangladesh aimed at scrapping quota-based systems for government job recruitment and demanding the end of Sheikh Hasina's authoritarian Awami League government.
In June 2024, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh reinstated the pre-2018 30% quota for descendants of Mukti Bahini freedom fighters, reversing the government decision made in response to the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. As a result, Bangladeshi students protested in favor of a merit-based employment system, and the government's violent response to these protests led to a pro-democracy movement spreading across the country. The government responded by shutting down all educational institutions and deploying their student wing, the Chhatra League, along with the Awami League's Jubo League and Swechasebak League affiliates to use firearms and sharp weapons against the student demonstrators. The government then deployed the Bangladesh Police, Rapid Action Battalion, Border Guard Bangladesh, and the Bangladesh Army, declaring a nationwide shoot-at-sight curfew amid a government-ordered nationwide internet and mobile connectivity blackout that isolated Bangladesh from the rest of the world. By 2 August, there were 215 deaths and more than 20,000 others injured, while 11,000 arrests were made. In August 2024, the movement expanded its demands to include accountability for violence, a ban on the Chhatra League, and the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and several government officials. Eventually, the Supreme Court ordered 93% of recruitment in government jobs to be based on merit, while Sheikh Hasina resigned on 5 August after protesters stormed her residence in Dhaka. Chief of Army Staff Waker-uz-Zaman announced the formation of an interim government, pledging to investigate violence against protesters and hand over power.