Dhaka: At least 98 people were killed on Sunday due to violent clashes in the student protests against quota reforms in the country. India has advised its citizens not to travel to Bangladesh until further notice with the renewed student protests demanding PM Sheikh Hasina’s resignation. The protests began last month, when the Bangladesh high court ruled in favour of reinstating a 30 per cent quota in government jobs for descendants of freedom fighters.

After Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina refused to meet the students’ demands to reverse the order, the protests intensified, leading to clashes with police and government supporting groups.

Over 200 people were killed and several injured during the movement. The government also cut off all connectivity through broadband or internet for 11 days, which was slowly restored after a while.

The protests had reduced for a while as talks began with the government but started again as students called for a nationwide civil disobedience movement and asked PM Sheikh Hasina to step down from her position.