Assistant Excessive Fee of India in Sylhet has suggested Indian nationals to stay alert amid violent clashes between protesters and ruling social gathering supporters which have claimed 32 lives as of Sunday.
Indians, together with the scholars, have additionally been suggested to contact the helpline quantity +88-01313076402 in case of emergencies.
Violent clashes between protesters 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.
Prothom Alo newspaper mentioned no less than 5 individuals have 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 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.
The Residence 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 have been ordered to close down 4G cellular web, the paper added.
The recent spherical of clashes erupted days after over 200 individuals have 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 kin of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s Battle of Independence in 1971.
With inputs from businesses
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