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| Bangladesh curfew restores calm | Bangladesh curfew restores calm |
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| Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, and five other cities are quiet following a curfew that was imposed after violent clashes between police and students. | Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, and five other cities are quiet following a curfew that was imposed after violent clashes between police and students. |
| Shops and most offices are shut and the roads are empty apart from army checkpoints and patrols. | Shops and most offices are shut and the roads are empty apart from army checkpoints and patrols. |
| At least one person died and several hundred were hurt as rioting by students demanding an end to emergency rule spread across the country. | At least one person died and several hundred were hurt as rioting by students demanding an end to emergency rule spread across the country. |
| Universities and colleges remain closed as part of the indefinite curfew. | Universities and colleges remain closed as part of the indefinite curfew. |
| The mobile phone service has been restored after it was shut down overnight. | |
| We request channels to stop televising footage of violence until further notice because this might instigate further violence Government adviser Mainul Husein High stakes in Bangladesh Q&A: Bangladesh crisis | |
| For now the measures seems to have brought the situation under control, says the BBC's John Sudworth, in Dhaka. | For now the measures seems to have brought the situation under control, says the BBC's John Sudworth, in Dhaka. |
| Clashes broke out in the capital on Monday, and spread to other parts of the country, including Sylhet in the north and the port of Chittagong in the south. | Clashes broke out in the capital on Monday, and spread to other parts of the country, including Sylhet in the north and the port of Chittagong in the south. |
| The violence poses the most serious challenge to the emergency government since it took power six months ago, says our correspondent. | The violence poses the most serious challenge to the emergency government since it took power six months ago, says our correspondent. |
| 'Evil forces' | 'Evil forces' |
| The curfew started at 2000 on Wednesday (1400 GMT). | The curfew started at 2000 on Wednesday (1400 GMT). |
| Dhaka, normally choked with traffic, is very quiet, our correspondent says. | Dhaka, normally choked with traffic, is very quiet, our correspondent says. |
| Some people are being allowed to travel through the checkpoints, mostly on foot or bicycle rickshaw, but the roads, still patrolled by the army, are empty. | Some people are being allowed to travel through the checkpoints, mostly on foot or bicycle rickshaw, but the roads, still patrolled by the army, are empty. |
| The army has retreated from the Dhaka University campus | |
| Late on Wednesday, the head of the caretaker government, Fakhruddin Ahmed, addressed the nation. | Late on Wednesday, the head of the caretaker government, Fakhruddin Ahmed, addressed the nation. |
| He said "evil forces" and opportunists were trying to foment anarchy, but he promised the curfews were only a temporary measure. | He said "evil forces" and opportunists were trying to foment anarchy, but he promised the curfews were only a temporary measure. |
| The government declared Thursday a public holiday and ordered universities and colleges in the six cities to close and told all students to leave their campuses. | The government declared Thursday a public holiday and ordered universities and colleges in the six cities to close and told all students to leave their campuses. |
| Television stations have been ordered to stop broadcasting footage of the violence. | Television stations have been ordered to stop broadcasting footage of the violence. |
| Correspondents say the protests appear to be growing more violent, and are turning into a popular movement demanding the immediate restoration of democracy. | Correspondents say the protests appear to be growing more violent, and are turning into a popular movement demanding the immediate restoration of democracy. |
| Slum dwellers, shop keepers, rickshaw pullers and businessmen joined stone-throwing students in violent and bloody demonstrations in Dhaka. They confronted police who baton charged them and fired tear gas. | Slum dwellers, shop keepers, rickshaw pullers and businessmen joined stone-throwing students in violent and bloody demonstrations in Dhaka. They confronted police who baton charged them and fired tear gas. |
| The first casualty of the unrest was a rickshaw puller killed during rioting in the north-western town of Rajshahi, officials said. | The first casualty of the unrest was a rickshaw puller killed during rioting 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. | 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. |
| Apology sought | Apology sought |
| Monday's clashes began when students in Dhaka said they had been "manhandled" by soldiers during a football match. | Monday's clashes began when students in Dhaka said they had been "manhandled" by soldiers during a football match. |
| The student protests appear to be growing Violence continued even though a student demand that troops be withdrawn from the Dhaka campus was met early on Wednesday. | The student protests appear to be growing Violence continued even though a student demand that troops be withdrawn from the Dhaka campus was met early on Wednesday. |
| The students have also demanded a public apology from the army chief, Gen Moeen U Ahmed, and want soldiers who have beaten up students to be punished. | The students have also demanded a public apology from the army chief, Gen Moeen U Ahmed, and want soldiers who have beaten up students to be punished. |
| The violence is in contrast to widespread popular support for the interim government when it came to power in January promising to stamp out corruption and to hold elections by the end of 2008. | The violence is in contrast to widespread popular support for the interim government when it came to power in January promising to stamp out corruption and to hold elections by the end of 2008. |
| But discontent has been rising in recent months, most notably over the increasing cost of living. | But discontent has been rising in recent months, most notably over the increasing 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. |
| Keeping the peace will now be the major test of this government's authority, our correspondent says. | Keeping the peace will now be the major test of this government's authority, our correspondent says. |
| Are you in Bangladesh? Send us your reaction to the riots using the form below: | Are you in Bangladesh? Send us your reaction to the riots using the form below: |