Indian students rally in solidarity with Bangladeshi counterparts | VOA News

India’s foreign ministry said all its nationals were ’safe and sound’ in violence-hit Bangladesh where dozens of people have died in protests over quotas for government jobs, Friday. Police and student activists in Bangladesh have been involved in pitched battles for nearly three weeks, with protesters returning daily to the streets despite an increasingly violent crackdown from authorities and a rapidly rising toll of killed and injured protesters. The Awami League government on Friday announced a nationwide curfew after police and security officials banned all kinds of meetings in the capital, Dhaka. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also announced that military forces would be deployed to help the civilian administration keep order. The public has come out since Thursday in large numbers showing solidarity with the protesting students. Many public groups were found distributing free food and water to them.