Meanwhile in Bangladesh, police fired tear gas on Tuesday at a group of students demanding that the army withdraw from the campus of Dhaka University. The students took part in the demonstration despite a ban on street protests imposed by the military-backed emergency government. Police injured over 100 students.

Aminul Islam, teacher: “They were beaten up, and we were absolutely surprised. Many untoward things happened, but such intervention in the private life, the rights of the students who had never (inaudible).”