Six students have died in protests against reservation in jobs in India's neighbour Bangladesh. After this, all schools and universities across the country have been closed till further orders.
Clashes erupted between students protesting the quota system in public service jobs and police, which killed at least six and injured dozens more.
The students were protesting a court decision to reinstate quotas for government jobs, which were abolished in 2018. They clashed with police in several cities as well as a ruling party-affiliated student group in the capital Dhaka.
The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, the country's university regulatory body, announced in a separate statement late Tuesday that all universities and medical colleges would be closed indefinitely.
In a separate statement, the National University, which is the government authority in charge of overseeing colleges throughout the country, also announced the closure of educational institutions.
The Education Ministry announced the closure of the country's high schools, higher secondary educational institutions, and polytechnic institutes until further notice after nationwide student protests against the job quota distribution system in public government sectors.
In Bangladesh, reservation has been given to the children of those who fought for the independence of the country in government jobs.
Critics say that this reservation system is going to unfairly benefit the children of pro-government groups supporting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Sheikh Hasina won her fourth consecutive election in January. She is the daughter of Bangladesh's founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Protests have been going on in Bangladesh for the last several days against this system of reservation in government jobs.
Earlier, this recruitment system was banned since 2018 after several weeks of protests. Just last month, a court had reinstated this reservation system.