Bangladesh imposes shutdown as death toll from student protests mounts

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Published 2024-07-20
Bangladesh enforced a nationwide curfew to quash student-led demonstrations against government job quotas with military personnel and police patrolling the largely deserted streets of the capital, Dhaka.

Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford reports.

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All Comments (21)
  • @devillecreationofficial
    So far more than126 people have died and 16419 people are in serious condition. The situation is much worse. Internet has been cut off in Bangladesh for 2 days. Please save all the students and students of Bangladesh together.🇧🇩
  • @joyofficial704
    Please save Bangladesh student and people đŸ˜ĸ🇧🇩
  • @user-qc7qo8te2b
    Bangladesh needs international support to save students 🙏
  • @user-jd2dd7pz9e
    I am a citizen of Bangladesh I live abroad I have not been able to contact my family for three days now please protect the general people and students of Bangladesh 🇧🇩🙏
  • @Rshasan385
    Save Bangladesh Students 😓😓🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
  • @mominmomin1471
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  • @mmuz6879
    Save Bangladesh 🇧🇩 🤲
  • @Islamsehzada
    āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨āĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡,āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ˆāĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻ‡! āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡ āĻšā§‹āĻ• āĻ­āĻžāĻ‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻšā§‹āĻ• āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯!✊🇧🇩
  • @skb5650
    save Bangladesh students đŸ˜ĸ
  • @yeasinsarker2656
    Please, save Bangladesh students and since two days now the internet has been cut off and international calls are not being made in Bangladesh. I'm from Bangladesh, correctly i stay in abroad since two days i cant call my family to know how they are at this difficult situation, this is very painful to me and not only me a lot of people who are staying in abroad can't call their family as well Please, leaders DO SOMETHING FOR THIS MATTER