
The longest-serving prime minister of bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, faces her greatest political test yet because students are calling for changes to the government's current employment quota system. PM Sheikh Hasina asked the students to have discussions to find a peaceful solution to the problem during a nationally televised speech. It is unclear, though, if the students will accept the government's offer given the current circumstances.
• According to a police officer who spoke to AFP, the student demonstrators broke into a prison in the Narsingdi area of central bangladesh and freed hundreds of prisoners before setting the building on fire. "I don't know the number of inmates, but it would be in the hundreds," he said.