The anti-government protests, which have been building for weeks, stormed the official residence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the capital of Dhaka, calling for her resignation.
The anti-government protests, which have been building for weeks, ended up in the official residence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the capital of Dhaka, calling for her resignation.
The protests began peacefully as frustrated students demanded an end to a quota system for government jobs, but the demonstrations have since morphed into an unprecedented challenge and uprising against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her ruling Awami League party. At least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died in clashes in the capital on Sunday, according to the country's leading Bengali-language daily newspaper, Prothom Alo. Hundreds more were injured in the violence.
Authorities first shut off mobile internet on Sunday in an attempt to quell the unrest, while the broadband internet stopped working from late Monday morning.On Monday, after three hours of suspension of broadband services, both broadband and mobile internet returned.
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