After 105 people were killed in the ongoing student protests in Bangladesh, a nationwide curfew was imposed and the army was called in.
More than 2,500 people have been injured in the clashes between police and students, including 104 police officers and 30 journalists.
According to a foreign news agency, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid's Press Secretary Naeemul Islam Khan said that the government has decided to deploy the army and impose a curfew to help civil institutions.
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According to the media report, the students stormed a prison freed hundreds of prisoners, and set the prison on fire.
In Bangladesh, the situation remains tense due to student protests against the quota system in government jobs, all schools and universities are closed.
Train service, news channels, mobile phone, and internet service are suspended in the country. The government has also called the army to maintain law and order.
It should be noted that 56% of government jobs in Bangladesh go to quotas, out of which 30% of government jobs are reserved for children of 1971 warfighters, 10% for women, and 10% for residents of certain districts.
The students are demanding that government jobs should be given on merit and only a 6% quota reserved for minorities and the disabled should be maintained.
