Bangladeshi authorities have cut phone and internet services and TVs have gone dark amid violent clashes between student protesters and police.
New Delhi — At least 28 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the latest wave of violent clashes between student protesters and police across Bangladesh , local media have reported. Authorities blocked phone and internet services across the country late this week in a bid to quash the unrest as police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at the demonstrators.'Mobile internet has been temporarily suspended due to various rumors and the unstable situation created...
At first it was largely peaceful sit-ins, blocking roads and railways, but the clashes with police have ramped up since Tuesday.The protests started at Dhaka University but spread quickly to other educational institutions in the capital and beyond, especially after pro-ruling party groups entered the Dhaka campus and attacked protesting students. Earlier in the week, the government ordered schools and universities to close indefinitely as police tried to quash the unrest.
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