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What began as a protest against politicised admission quotas for sought-after government jobs snowballed this week into some of the worst unrest of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s tenure.
DHAKA - Soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday (July 20) and the government ordered all offices and institutions to stay closed for two days after at least 114 people were killed this week during student-led protests against government job quotas.
Bangladesh soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the capital Dhaka on Saturday during a curfew meant to quell deadly students-led protests against government job quotas that have killed at least 105 people this week.
Communications blackout persists as deadly crackdown on demonstrators continues in the nation of 170 million.
The authorities in Bangladesh ordered a nationwide curfew and deployed the army as clashes between student-led protesters and the police and paramilitary forces killed dozens of people and brought Dhaka, the nation’s capital, to a halt.
This week’s violence has killed at least 105 people so far, based on a count of victims reported by hospitals, and poses a significant challenge to Hasina’s autocratic government after 15 years in office.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police imposed a strict curfew across Bangladesh and military forces patrolled parts of the capital Saturday to quell further violence after days of clashes over the allocation of government jobs left several people dead and hundreds injured.
DHAKA - The Bangladesh government has decided to impose a curfew across the country and deploy the army, BBC Bangla reported on Friday (July 19), citing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's press secretary, amid widening student-led protests against government job quotas.