Death toll in Bangladesh's student-led protests against government job quotas reaches 105

Bangladeshi authorities had cut some mobile telephone services the previous day, trying to quell the unrest.

A demonstrator gestures as protesters clash with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the police outside the state-owned Bangladesh Television as violence erupts across the country after anti-quota protests by students, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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A total of 105 people have been killed in Bangladesh as police cracked down on unrelenting student-led protests against government job quotas despite a ban on public gatherings, AFP said on Friday, citing hospitals.

Earlier today, telecommunications were also disrupted, and television news channels went off the air.

Authorities had cut some mobile telephone services the previous day, trying to quell the unrest.