Indian citizens in Bangladesh have been advised to avoid travel and minimise their movement outside the premises they are residing at amid a nationwide strike against the government’s job quota system.

“In view of the ongoing situation in Bangladesh, the Indian community members and the Indian students residing in Bangladesh are advised to avoid travel and minimize their movement outside their living premises,” the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said in an advisory.

In case of any urgency or need for assistance, the Indian residents in Bangladesh were urged to reach out to the High Commission and the Assistant High Commissions at 24-Hour Emergency numbers.

At the heart of the protests are demands to end of a quota system for lucrative government jobs that opponents say unfairly benefits members of Bangladesh’s ruling party.

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