Bangladesh unrest death toll up to 560 in 23 days, miscreants attack various institutions

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At least 560 people have died in protests, riots and clashes that took place in Bangladesh in recent weeks, the Prothom Alo news outlet reported.

As of the evening of August 7, 232 deaths were known to have occurred in the three days following the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Prior to that, some 328 people were killed in clashes from July 16 to August 4.

On August 5, amid massive anti-government protests, Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country. A caretaker government was formed. On August 6, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was appointed as its head.

Student leaders in Bangladesh have asked supporters to guard Hindu temples and churches as diplomats and rights groups expressed concerns over reports of attacks on minority groups after the prime minister resigned amid a national uprising.

“Miscreants are systematically attacking various public and private institutions to prove the students’ movement wrong,” Chittagong University coordinator, Russell Ahmed, told the Bangla Tribune newspaper.

Nahid Islam, a student at Dhaka University and one of the protest organisers, told local media: “There is no grouping or division among us. We are against any kind of religious incitement, sabotage or division. We will prevent any such attempts.”

The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party urged people to exercise restraint in what it said was a “transitional moment on our democratic path”.

“It is our duty to protect all Bangladeshis, irrespective of religion and politics, from discriminatory violence, and not to harass any particular community, create division, or seek vengeance. Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, believers, atheists – no one will be left behind or be prejudiced on our democratic path; together, we are all proudly Bangladeshis,” Tarique Rahman, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s acting chair, wrote on X.

Riots broke out in a number of cities across the country following the protests. The main participants in these actions were the student youth, who were dissatisfied with high unemployment and lack of prospects. Before Sheikh Hasina's resignation, they had protested against the system of job quotas for relatives of participants in the 1971 war of independence. Gradually, the situation in the country heated up and the demonstrations turned into clashes.