Bangladesh News: Curfew enforced after 105 people killed, army called in
More than 2,500 people have been injured in the clashes between police and students.
Bangaldesh News
A curfew has been imposed and the army has been called in after 105 people were killed in the ongoing student protests in Bangladesh.
More than 2,500 people have been injured in the clashes between police and students, including 104 police officers and 30 journalists.
According to a Bangladesh news agency, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid’s press secretary Naeemul Islam Khan said that the government has decided to deploy the army and impose a curfew to help civil institutions.
According to the media report, the students stormed a prison and freed hundreds of prisoners and set the prison on fire.
In Bangladesh, the situation remains tense due to student protests against the quota system in government jobs, with all schools and universities closed.
Train service, news channels, mobile phone and internet service are suspended in the country. The government has also called the army to maintain law and order.
It should be noted that 56% of government jobs in Bangladesh go to quotas, out of which 30% of government jobs are reserved for children of 1971 war fighters, 10% for women and 10% for residents of certain districts.
The students are demanding that government jobs should be given on merit and only 6% quota reserved for minorities and persons with disabilities should be maintained.