As the student-led anti-government protests surge in Bangladesh, the country has imposed a curfew, and the authorities have disabled mobile internet services nationwide, citing the need to curb disinformation.
Following the curfew, the authorities have also shut down schools and universities indefinitely. Amid the ongoing countrywide protests in Bangladesh against job quotas, Border Security Forces (BSF) carried out security checks at the Indian Immigration check post in Fulbari, Jalpaiguri.
Bangladesh announced a nationwide curfew on Friday evening after clashes between police and various student groups killed dozens of people.
The protests started after the students violently backlash against a new policy to reserve a portion of government jobs for descendants of the nation’s freedom fighters.
Moreover, the protesters attacked the state television headquarters in Dhaka and set fire to police booths on Thursday as they called for a “complete shutdown” of the country.
The ongoing running street battles between security forces using rubber bullets and tear gas have forced life in several neighbourhoods of Bangladesh to a halt, reported The Washington Post, citing Bangladeshi media.
Meanwhile, the websites for several leading Bangladeshi newspapers have either not been updated since Thursday or are altogether inaccessible. Additionally, television channels have also been taken off the air.
Comments