Nationwide ‘complete shutdown’ for Thursday announced
July 17, 2024
Leaders of the Students Movement Against Discrimination has declared a nationwide ‘complete shutdown’ for Thursday (July 18) in protest against police attacks on quota reform protesters.
They made the announcement through their Facebook post at 7:55pm on Wednesday immediately after the prime minister’s televised address to the nation.
Earlier at 7:30pm in her address to the nation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said students will get justice from the apex court. They will not be disappointed.
She also said that judicial inquiry into the killings and other untoward incidents during the quota reform movement by students would be conducted.
“I announce that a judicial inquiry will be conducted for the sake of fair trial and justice in all the untoward incidents, including murder,” she said in a televised address to the nation this evening.
The Prime Minister also warned that it will be found out through investigation on whose instigation the conflict started, who pushed the country to an anarchic situation for what purpose.
