Bangladesh imposes curfew after student protests
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🗓️ 20 July 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
There've been sporadic clashes in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, as the military enforces a national curfew to quell anti- government protests. In one neighbourhood, witnesses said riot police used live ammunition against protesters. In all, over a hundred people have died during days of unrest over a quota system for government jobs.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Celia Hat and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service coming to |
| 0:08.5 | you live from London. We start with a fast developing story in Bangladesh where a nationwide curfew is in place. |
| 0:17.0 | More than a hundred people have been killed in clashes that began in the capital Dhaka, |
| 0:22.0 | with disgruntled students who were angry |
| 0:24.5 | with rules and place preventing them from landing lucrative government jobs. |
| 0:29.2 | Now those protests appear to be broadening into wider anti-government demonstrations. |
| 0:35.2 | There is still a fear of further violence. Some people in one part of Dhaka |
| 0:40.3 | said Riot police fired live rounds on thousands of protesters. |
| 0:45.0 | One demonstrator accused police of shooting at people like birds. The airport in Dhaka has been closed. This woman was trying to leave the country for work in Saudi Arabia. |
| 1:04.0 | We were on our way to the airport, but they told us to go back. |
| 1:14.0 | The notice said come to this hotel just behind me, but the hotel is not letting us in. |
| 1:20.0 | Where are we supposed to go? What is this curfew? This is just insane. |
| 1:24.8 | All this is happening as Bangladesh is largely cut off from the rest of the world. |
| 1:29.8 | Days ago, the state shut off mobile internet networks in a bit it's said to calm the protests. |
| 1:37.2 | In the past hour the BBC's Mir Schabir just managed to file this report from the capital. |
| 1:43.0 | Sporadi Clashes reported in Dhaka as the Bangladesh government deploys the military |
| 1:47.8 | to control the ongoing violence across the country. |
| 1:51.2 | The curfew was imposed at midnight on Friday following deadly |
| 1:54.7 | clashes between the police and the protesters. The country has also been |
| 1:58.7 | under an internet blackout since Thursday night which the government says is due to the violent situation. |
| 2:05.8 | Military personnel can be seen on Dhaka streets on Saturday as reports of clashes are coming |
| 2:10.8 | in from other parts of the country, although these are less violent than the day |
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