Tens of thousands of Bangladeshi citizens took to the streets...benefits certain groups, including the descendants of those who fought for independence from Pakistan.
Large areas of Dhaka, the capital, remained empty...Grand-swelling anger against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...17 people, most of them students, had been killed and hundreds of others injured.
Anisul Huq, the Bangladesh law minister, said on Thursday that the government was in favor...final decision would be made by the Supreme Court.
The protesters, who have launched counterattacks on the police...on Thursday, they targeted the headquarters of the national television station, setting fire to the building.
Students at the University of Dhaka, the country's top institution, started the demonstrations on July 1...group's assault on female students further inflamed the situation.
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