The Home Ministry determined to impose an indefinite countrywide curfew from 6 pm on Sunday.
Violent clashes between protestors and the ruling Awami League supporters in Bangladesh on Sunday left 32 individuals useless and a whole bunch injured on the primary day of a non-cooperation motion introduced by the scholars’ motion demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation. The clashes broke out this morning when protesters attending a non-cooperation programme to demand the federal government’s resignation confronted opposition from the supporters of the Awami League, Chhatra League, and Jubo League activists.
“So far, 32 people have been killed in clashes in 13 districts across Bangladesh,” Prothom Alo newspaper reported. Giving particulars, the paper stated at the very least 5 individuals had been killed in Feni, 4 in Sirajganj, three in Munshiganj, three in Bogura, three in Magura, three in Bhola, three in Rangpur, two in Pabna, two in Sylhet, one in Comilla, one in Joypurhat, one in Dhaka and one in Barisal.
The Home Ministry determined to impose an indefinite countrywide curfew from 6 pm on Sunday. A authorities company has ordered the shutdown of Meta platforms Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram. The cellular operators had been ordered to close down 4G cellular web, the paper added. The platform Students Against Discrimination has referred to as for an all-out non-cooperation motion from in the present day with the one-point demand of the federal government’s resignation.
Meanwhile, the Assistant High Commission of India in Sylhet has suggested Indian nationals to stay alert. Indians have additionally been suggested to contact the helpline quantity +88-01313076402 in case of emergencies. In a tweet, it stated, “All Indian nationals including students living in the jurisdiction of Assistant High Commission of India , Sylhet are requested to be in touch with this office & are advised to remain alert.”
Advisory:
All Indian nationals together with college students dwelling within the jurisdiction of Assistant High Commission of India , Sylhet are requested to be in contact with this workplace are suggested to stay alert.
In case of emergencies,please contact +88-01313076402@MEAIndia @ihcdhaka
— India in Sylhet (@ahcisylhet) August 4, 2024
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Hasina stated that these partaking in sabotage throughout Bangladesh within the identify of protest should not college students however terrorists and requested individuals to suppress them with a agency hand. Hasina referred to as a gathering of the National Committee on Security Affairs at Ganabhaban, the paper reported citing sources from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
The recent spherical of clashes erupted days after over 200 individuals had been killed in violent clashes between the police and largely scholar protesters demanding an finish to the controversial quota system that reserved 30 per cent of presidency jobs for family of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s War of Independence in 1971.
