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Bangladesh expresses disapproval in real time as Sheikh Hasina resigns and is allegedly going to India.
As students who have been protesting against government’s proposed quota, under the banner Students Against Discrimination, have begun their ‘Long March to Dhaka’, the Bangladesh government has banned internet totally, in a bid to diffuse the protest. As many as 300 people were killed since the protest began in July, with at least 94 dead in Sunday’s fierce clashes. The students now have just one demand – resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The military announced that a new curfew was in effect on Sunday evening for an indefinite period, including in the capital, Dhaka, and other divisional and district headquarters. The government had earlier imposed a curfew with some exceptions in Dhaka and elsewhere. The clashes broke out on Sunday morning when protesters attending the non-cooperation programme under the banner of the Students Against Discrimination with the one-point demand of Ms. Hasina’s resignation over a job quota system faced opposition from the supporters of the ruling Awami League, Chhatra League, and Jubo League activists.
