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Bangladesh imposes curfew, deploys army as job quota protests continue

Protesters clash with members of the Border Guard Bangladesh and police outside state-owned Bangladesh Television in Dhaka on July 19, 2024, after violence erupted across the country during anti-job quota protests by students [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Bangladesh has announced the imposition of a curfew and the deployment of military forces after days of clashes at protests against government job quotas across the country.

“The government has decided to impose a curfew and deploy the military in aid of the civilian authorities,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s press secretary Nayeemul Islam Khan, told the news agency AFP, adding that the curfew would take immediate effect.

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