Bangladesh under curfew, blackout as over 100 killed in anti-quota protests

More than 100 people are reported dead in Bangladesh as student protestors stormed a prison and set fire to the state broadcaster’s building among dozens of arson-related incidents this week in nearly half of South Asian nation’s 64 districts. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s office late on Friday (July 19) announced the imposition of a nationwide curfew and the deployment of military forces to keep order after days of deadly student protests.Read More