Bangladesh government has decided to deploy the army by issuing a curfew across the country after the ongoing agitation over the issue of quota reform.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's press secretary, Nayemul Islam Khan, confirmed that this decision was taken at a meeting of 14 parties at Ganobhaban on Friday night.
He told that after the meeting of the 14 parties, the law minister and the home minister have been asked to take the necessary measures to implement the decision. He also said that an order will be issued in this regard shortly.
He said that the army will help the private administration in all the places in the country where there is danger of conflict and violence.
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Friday he was deeply concerned by this week's violence in Bangladesh, calling the attacks on student protesters "shocking and unacceptable".
"There must be impartial, prompt and exhaustive investigations into these attacks, and those responsible held to account," Turk said in a statement.
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