Bangladesh is on the boil : Nearly 30 deaths as students want “complete shutdown”
Police in Bangladesh clashed with student protesters attempting to impose a “complete shutdown” of the country on Thursday, following days of violent confrontations during demonstrations over a system of allocating government jobs, with media reports saying 19 more people died across the country, AP news reported.
Dhaka-based leading Prothom Alo newspaper, which has a strong network of reporters across the country, said that by late Thursday night, they received reports of 19 deaths in Dhaka and elsewhere in the raging violence. The country’s leading English-language Daily Star also reported 19 deaths.
With the latest toll, the number of deaths has reached 25, since Tuesday when six others lost their lives in the violence.
The dailies said hundreds more were injured on Thursday.
2024-07-18
