Bangladesh imposes curfew, deploys army as job quota protests continue
The curfew comes amid a telecommunications blackout that has left the country of 170 million cut off from the world.
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‘It’s war now’: As Bangladesh quota protests escalate, what’s next?
The websites for PM Hasina’s office, Bangladesh’s central bank have been hacked amid a telecommunications blackout.
Bangladesh protest met with violence, communications cut off
Student-led protests over a job quota system in Bangladesh are met with police violence and a communications shut-down.
Bangladesh sees widespread telecoms disruptions as student protests spiral: ‘it’s a war’
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.
Bangladesh TV news off air, communications widely disrupted as student protests spike
DHAKA — Television news channels in Bangladesh were off the air and telecommunications were widely disrupted on Friday (July 19) amid violent student protests against quotas for government jobs in which nearly two dozen people have been killed this week.
Why Deadly Protests Are Roiling Bangladesh
Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi citizens took to the streets on Thursday, joining university students demanding an overhaul of how government jobs are distributed.
Bangladesh student protests over jobs escalate, telecoms disrupted
Death toll expected to rise amid violence that has seen government buildings torched and telecommunications disrupted.