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Thousands protest in Bangladesh urging PM’s resignation

At least 20 people have been injured in clashes and police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds as thousands protested in the Bangladeshi capital and other parts of the country, calling on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign.

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Scores of youths marched in Dhaka with chants of “we want justice” and waved anti-government banners.

Elsewhere in the country, buildings including a district office of the ruling Awami League party were set ablaze, a police booth was set on ***** and armoured vehicles vandalised during demonstrations.

Police said they fired rubber bullets and tear gas as crowds attacked them in the northeastern town of Habibganj, and lobbed stun grenades to scatter protesters in the nearby city of Sylhet.

A witness in Sylhet said about 20 people were injured.

“They set ***** to the local Awami League office and several other government offices and torched motorcycles,” said Khalilur Rahman, a police official in Habiganj, adding police had fired rubber bullets and tear gas to control the situation.

The current unrest is the biggest test facing Hasina since deadly protests when she won a fourth-straight term in January elections that were boycotted by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Student groups led demonstrations last month against quotas in government jobs, including a 30 per cent reservation for families of veterans of the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan.

Those demonstrations spiralled into ********* that ******* at least 150 people, injured thousands and led to about 10,000 arrests.

The protests paused after the Supreme Court scrapped most quotas.

Students have returned to the streets in sporadic protests this week, demanding justice for families of those who were *******.

Critics of Hasina and human rights groups have accused her government of using excessive force to stamp out the movement, a charge both Hasina and her ministers deny.

“People make mistakes. If she (Hasina) would have apologised, everything would be back to normal. If she cannot control it, things will keep heating up,” said Syed Sadman, a student, at a protest in Dhaka.



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