Bangladesh govt orders 'shoot-on-sight' to quell student protests as death toll reaches 133

Dhaka/IBNS: The Bangladesh government has ordered the army to 'shoot-on-sight' in order to quell the civil unrest and for those defying the curfew orders as soldiers patrolled the streets amid the violent protest by students over demanding quota reform in government jobs, media reports said.

Bangladesh unrest: Govt imposes curfew, orders army deployment

Dhaka/IBNS: The Bangladesh government has imposed a countrywide curfew and deployed troops as at least 105 deaths have been reported so far since Friday morning in violent protests and clashes over the government job quota system, media reports said.

Bangladesh quota unrest escalates, 32 dead; protesters set state TV HQ on fire

Dhaka/IBNS: Bangladeshi students Thursday set ablaze the country's state broadcaster BTV's headquarters, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeared on the network seeking to calm escalating tension that has left at least 32 people dead.

Violent clashes erupt at Bangladesh's Jatrabari over quota reform movement, 6 sustain bullet wounds

Dhaka/IBNS: At least six people, including a child, received injuries from tear gas shells and rubber bullets in a violent clash between protesting students and the police during the quota reform movement in the Shonir Akhra area in the capital's Jatrabari on Wednesday evening, media reports said.