Death Toll In Fresh Bangladesh Violence Close To 100. What Triggered the Fresh Violence, Who Is Behind This?
First Published: 5th August, 2024 13:56 IST
On Sunday, at least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died in the violence.
At least 100 more people were killed and over 1,000 have sustained injuries, many with bullets as a fresh wave of violence gripped Bangladesh on Sunday.
With the fresh tally, the anti-government protests have claimed at least 300 lives in just 3 weeks, making it the bloodiest phase in Bangladesh’s civil movement history.
Earlier 200 people were killed when the violence first broke out in the country. On Sunday, at least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died in the violence.
What Triggers Fresh Violence in Bangladesh?
The fresh violence erupted in several places in Dhaka on Sunday after student protests took a new turn as the protesters who were demonstrating over quotas in government jobs, are now demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Government to resign accusing them of “sabotage” and cutting off mobile internet in a bid to suppress the unrest.
The Country has again shut down government and private offices, including banks, for 3 days starting today and mobile internet services have been suspended.
Students Protesting Under Which Banner?
The Students are protesting under the banner of the Students Against Discrimination.
How did the government respond?
Hasina has labelled the protesters “Razakar” — collaborators with the enemy during the independence war — and has refused to engage with the movement’s leaders. Her party, the ruling Awami League, considers these protests as agitation led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the main opposition party, reported the asiapacific.
Amid violent protests in Bangladesh, India has advised its nationals to refrain from travelling to Bangladesh until further notice.The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has also strongly cautioned its citizens currently living in Bangladesh to be extremely vigilant and limit their movements.
The protests in Bangladesh have erupted last month due to demands for reforming the quota system that reserves civil service jobs for specific groups, including descendants of 1971 war veterans.
This move has disappointed graduates as they are facing an acute unemployment crisis with some 18 million young Bangladeshis out of work, according to government figures.
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