DHAKA: Authorities in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Friday banned any large procession or gathering as the death toll in the ongoing violent student p...
Anti-quota protesters clash with the police in Dhaka on July 18, 2024. Bangladesh woke on July 19 to survey destruction left by the deadliest day of ongoing student protests so far, which saw government buildings torched by demonstrators and a nationwide internet blackout put into effect.
Most of the deaths were reported in Dhaka, police sources told Anadolu Agency correspondent in Dhaka.Sources said the government has asked the Bangladeshi military to protect the residence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Reports of severe clashes were received from parts of Dhaka, the center of protests against reservations in public jobs.The South Asian nation has seen protests against the 56 per cent quota system in public jobs surge this week, with the government closing educational institutions across Bangladesh.Some 30 per cent of the 56 per cent quota in public jobs have been reserved for sons and grandsons of those who participated in Bangladesh’s war of liberation in 1971.
There is a near-total information blackout with no broadband and mobile internet connectivity in the country.Most of local media have not updated their websites after the government shut down the internet.The ruling Awami League party’s secretary-general has offered negotiations to the protesting students which were rejected.Both the ruling party and the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, have called for protests Friday afternoon.
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