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The German foreign ministry on Sunday urged citizens not to travel to Bangladesh amid a wave of deadly civil unrest in the country.
“Travelling to Bangladesh is currently not advised,” the ministry said on its website, warning of a curfew and restrictions on the internet and mobile data.
“Further restrictions and deterioration of the situation are to be expected,” the ministry said.
Student protests against civil service hiring rules in Bangladesh have spiralled into the country’s worst unrest in years, with 155 people killed and widespread destruction in the capital Dhaka.
The country’s top court on Sunday pared back the contentious hiring quotas but failed to mollify university student leaders.
Soldiers were patrolling cities across Bangladesh after riot police were not able to restore order, while a nationwide internet blackout since Thursday has drastically restricted the flow of information to the outside world.
The US State Department also warned Americans on Saturday not to travel to Bangladesh and said it would began removing some diplomats and their families from the country.
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