New “anti-quota protests” erupted in Bangladesh on Friday, leaving two people dead and over 100 injured. Thousands of people demonstrated in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
More than 2,000 protesters gathered in different parts of Dhaka to demonstrate against Sheikh Hasina’s government, with some chanting “Down with dictator” and demanding justice for the victims.
Clashes broke out between police and students in Uttara area, with security forces using tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the stone-pelting mob.
On Friday, Prime Minister Hasina had appealed to the agitating students to meet her at her official residence Ganabhaban for talks to end the violence over the quota system in government jobs.
Two people were killed and over 100 injured as protests broke out again on Friday. More than 2,000 protesters gathered in parts of the capital Dhaka, some of them chanting “Down with dictator” and demanding justice for the victims.
“I am saying again that they (student leaders) can come to me for talks if they want, they can also bring their parents with them any time,” Hasina said during a meeting with leaders of various professional groups.
He said, “The door of Gana Bhavan is open (for them).” Hasina said, “I want to listen to them. I do not want a confrontation.”
Sources in the ruling Awami League said three party leaders have been assigned the task of communicating and persuading the coordinators of the anti-reservation agitation.
Meanwhile, two police officers who had opened fire, killing Abu Sayeed, a second-year undergraduate student of Northwestern Rangpur University, were suspended by higher authorities for their “unprofessional conduct”, fuelling student anger.
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