Drishtipat Blog

August 22, 2007

Crisis Deepens in Bangladesh

Filed under: News and events — Asif @ 11:16 am

  • Protests spread all across the country
  • Curphew imposed from 8 PM
  • All educational institutes closed sine die.
  • mobile network shutdown from 6-9pm. Clampdown feared

BBC reports:

The BBC’s Qadir Kallol in Dhaka says slum dwellers, shop keepers, rickshaw pullers and businessmen joined stone-throwing students in violent and bloody demonstrations. They confronted police who baton charged them and fired tear gas. Our correspondent says the protests appear to be growing more violent across the country, and are turning into a popular movement demanding the immediate restoration of democracy.

More updates from the ground at bangla website Sachalayatan and Somewherein
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