SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) advised Singaporeans to postpone any non-essential travel to Bangladesh on Saturday, July 20, as the country’s situation is still considered “volatile. The Bangladeshi government enforced a nationwide curfew on Saturday in reaction to the growing violence and protests.
The ministry also stated that there have been disruptions to public transport, mobile data networks, and internet services. At least 110 people have died this week as a result of student-led demonstrations against government employment quotas, which are intended to be put down by the curfew.
Hospital data from all over Bangladesh indicates that thousands more people have been injured in addition to dying as a result of the clashes. Between 5 and 7 p.m. on Friday, the Dhaka Medical College Hospital received 27 dead bodies.
The South Asian country is cut off from the outside world as police clamped down on protests that persisted despite a ban on public gatherings, suspending text and internet services.
For the past five days, as protesters have clashed with security personnel, hurling bricks and setting vehicles on fire, police in Bangladesh have used tear gas and sound grenades to disperse the demonstrators.
The largest protests since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was re-elected for a fourth term this year have also been fueled by youth unemployment, affecting nearly one-fifth of the 170 million people in the South Asian country.
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