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| Bangladesh's military-backed government has ordered an indefinite curfew in Dhaka and other cities after worsening violence between students and police. | Bangladesh's military-backed government has ordered an indefinite curfew in Dhaka and other cities after worsening violence between students and police. |
| At least one person was killed and 100 others injured as riots by students spread to more universities across the country on Wednesday, police say. | At least one person was killed and 100 others injured as riots by students spread to more universities across the country on Wednesday, police say. |
| The government has appealed for calm, and warned people not to break the law. | The government has appealed for calm, and warned people not to break the law. |
| The violence poses the most serious challenge to the emergency government since it took power six months ago. | The violence poses the most serious challenge to the emergency government since it took power six months ago. |
| More violent | More violent |
| Clashes between police and students broke out in the capital, Dhaka, on Monday and have since spread to Sylhet in the north and to the southern port city of Chittagong. | |
| The student protests appear to be growing | The student protests appear to be growing |
| In all, five main cities and the capital have been made subject to the overnight curfew. | |
| Correspondents say the protests are growing, with non-students now joining in. | Correspondents say the protests are growing, with non-students now joining in. |
| The BBC's Qadir Kallol in Dhaka says slum dwellers, shop keepers, rickshaw pullers and businessmen joined stone-throwing students in violent and bloody demonstrations. | |
| They confronted police who baton charged them and fired tear gas. | They confronted police who baton charged them and fired tear gas. |
| Our correspondent says the protests appear to be growing more violent across the country, and are turning into a popular movement demanding the immediate restoration of democracy. | |
| The first casualty of the unrest was a rickshaw puller killed during rioting on Wednesday in the north-western town of Rajshahi, officials said. | The first casualty of the unrest was a rickshaw puller killed during rioting on Wednesday in the north-western town of Rajshahi, officials said. |
| Police are accused of using tear gas indiscriminately, at one point on Tuesday even firing it into a female students' dormitory at Dhaka University to prevent them from joining the protests. | |
| The military-backed caretaker government has been ruling under a state of emergency since January. It says elections will take place before the end of next year, allowing it time to rid the country of corruption. | |
| Public apology | Public apology |
| The violence flared even though the government on Tuesday agreed to one of the main demands from students at Dhaka University for soldiers to withdraw from the campus. | |
| The police rather than the army are confronting the protesters | The police rather than the army are confronting the protesters |
| The pull-out was completed early on Wednesday. | The pull-out was completed early on Wednesday. |
| In a list of demands, the students say that the army must leave all educational institutions across the country, and those soldiers responsible for beating up students must be punished. | In a list of demands, the students say that the army must leave all educational institutions across the country, and those soldiers responsible for beating up students must be punished. |
| They have also demanded a public apology from the army chief, Gen Moeen U Ahmed, and medical treatment and compensation for those wounded in the violence. | They have also demanded a public apology from the army chief, Gen Moeen U Ahmed, and medical treatment and compensation for those wounded in the violence. |
| Clashes began on Monday, when students in Dhaka said they had been "manhandled" by soldiers during a football match, according to police chief Shahidul Islam. | Clashes began on Monday, when students in Dhaka said they had been "manhandled" by soldiers during a football match, according to police chief Shahidul Islam. |
| There was widespread popular support for the interim government when it came to power, vowing to stamp out corruption before returning the country to democracy. | There was widespread popular support for the interim government when it came to power, vowing to stamp out corruption before returning the country to democracy. |
| But discontent has been rising in recent months, most notably over with the rapidly rising cost of living. | But discontent has been rising in recent months, most notably over with the rapidly rising cost of living. |
| Two other military governments in the past - that of Ziaur Rahman and Muhammad Ershad - were both brought down in protests that were started by students. | Two other military governments in the past - that of Ziaur Rahman and Muhammad Ershad - were both brought down in protests that were started by students. |