At least 91 people including 14 policemen were killed in clashes between protesters and members of law-enforcement agencies alongwith ruling Awami League-backed organisations across Bangladesh on Sunday, the first day of all-out non-cooperation programme enforced by student protesters.

Of them, at least 22 including 13 police men were killed in Sirajganj, 11 in Dhaka, eight each in Feni and Lakshmipur, six in Narsingdi, five in Rangpur, four in Magura, three each in Pabna, Munshiganj, Kishoreganj, Sylhet, Sherpur, Bogura and Cumilla, one in Barishal, Jaipurhat, Habiganj, Cox’s Bazar and Bhola.

The deaths were confirmed by the district administrations, police, hospital officials and elected local government representatives till 9:30pm.

Police headquarters’ assistant inspector general of police Enamul Haque Sagar in statement said that at least 13 policemen were killed in an attack on Enayetpur police station in Sirajganj.

He also said that another police was killed in Cumilla while many police stations and other offices or camps were came under attacks at places on the day.

Since the morning, protestors gathered in different important points in almost every districts and upazilas in the county while leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League and its associate bodies came to the streets while many of them in places were seen with firearms.

As the AL people engaged in confrontations at many places, the prime minister and president of the AL Sheikh Hasina, following a meeting of National Committee on Security Affairs, the highest policy making authority of the national security, at her official Ganabhaban residence, she asked the people of the country to curb anarchists with iron hands.

‘No one of those who now are carrying out violence is a student. They are terrorists,’ said PM's assistant press secretary ABM Sarwer-E-Alam Sarker quoting the PM as saying.

Later, home ministry announced that it extended curfew for an indefinite period in Dhaka, all divisional cities, district towns, upazila towns, city corporation areas, municipal areas and industrial areas from 6:00pm on Sunday.

Earlier, the government imposed a curfew for an indefinite period with breaks and deployed military forces from July 20 amid country-wide violence centring around movement demanding reform in government jobs.

Besides, government declared a three-day public holiday across the country from Monday.

On Sunday, users complained that they did not getting access to Meta platforms Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram since afternoon.

The government has urged all the students and their guardians to return home and stay safe, saying that extremist attacks were taking place in different places across the country.

‘Extremist are taking place in various places. Strict action will be taken against the attackers,’ reads a government press release.

Such a huge death in a single day in any particular movement was not reported in recent history of Bangladesh while at least 67 deaths were reported on July 19 during the student protest demanding quota reform in government jobs.

With Sunday’s 91 deaths, the death toll stood at 310 centering the student protest that turned violate from July 15 as the Chhatra League carried out attacks on agitating students following remark that BCL is enough to face the student movement.

On Sunday, tens of thousands of people from all walks of life, including students, parents, teachers, day labourers, social workers and other professional bodies took to the streets in most of the places in Dhaka city, including Shahbagh, Science Laboratory, Jatrabari, Mohakhali, Dhanmondi-27, Mirpur-10, Uttara, Rampura and Badda areas in Dhka.

Clashes erupted between AL and its associate bodies, in the city areas like Banglamotor, Karwan Bazar, Shahbagh, Science Laboratory, Mirpur, Jatrabri and Mohamadpur with having sharp weapons, sticks and fire arms.

Ruling party activists also opened fire at Banglamotor, Hatirpool and Karwan Bazar areas during curfew hours despite the government imposed curfew after 6:00pm.

Protesters allegedly threw brickbats on Shahbagh police station at about 6:30pm and which turned violent and police lobbed tear shells and opened fire to disperse the protesters and taken position the middle, said witnesses.

Protesters snatched the bodies of four people from Dhaka Medical College Hospital at around 6:00pm and went to the Central Shaheed Minar with the bodies and shouted various slogans, DMCH police outpost-in-charge Bacchu Mia confirmed the matter.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Ramna Division additional deputy commissioner Md Aktharul Islam said that several police constables faced minor injuries.

‘We did not open fire but use sound grenades to disperse protesters,’ he said, adding that they also vandalise police vehicle.

Some protesters brought out a procession at Dainik Bangla crossing at about 7:00pm and police opened fire to disperse them.

Earlier in the day, BCL allegedly attacked on protesters and a clash broke out and the ruling party activists took shelter in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

About 30-35 vehicles were set on fire, doctors’ cafeteria and administrative buildings by the picketers and protesters, said an official of BSSMU said.

Protesters cordoned the ruling party activists in the BSMMU area.

Different private universities, including North South University, BRAC University, United International University, American International University of Bangladesh and East West University blocked the Rampur bridge to Natun Bazar areas.

Hundreds of protesters, mostly students blocked road near Mohakhali Bus Terminal and rail crossing demanding the prime minister resignation of Sheikh Hasina and urging Amry to take power in presence of Army and police personnel at about 3:00pm.

About 15 minutes later, several hundred of ruling party men carrying fire-arms, sticks and iron rods tried to launched an attack but the Army personnel created obstacles to save students.

Clashes were also taken place between AL activists and protesters at Mirpur-10 crossing in phases throughout the day.

Protesters took position from Kajla in Jatrabari area to Kachpur blocking the country’s economic lifeline Dhaka-Chattogram highway at about 2:00pm.

Most of the places in the Jatrabari, Rayerbagh and Demra and the highway were occupied by protesters after 3:00pm, independent lawmaker for Dhaka-5 Moshiur Rahman Mollah Shajal told New Age.

Caring out an attack on lower court of Dhaka, some miscreants vandalised the prison van and a police van.

In different parts of the country, houses and business entities of ruling party and opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party were came under attacks and counter attacks on the day.

New Age correspondents from Chattogram, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barishal, Cumilla, Lakshimipur, Munshiganj, Pabna, Sirajganj, Feni, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Joypurhat, and Bhola reported that protestors continued demonstration even after beginning curfew hours.

In Sirajganj, deputy commissioner Mir Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman told New Age that six AL activists were killed in Rayganj and three were killed in Sadar upazilas.

Hospital officials and police confirmed that ten were killed in Dhaka.

In Lakshmipur, deputy commissioner Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital resident medical officer Arup Paul confirmed the deaths of eight people while in Feni 250 Be General Hospital resident medical offcier Asif Iqbal confirmed the eight deaths in his district.

Narsingdi’s Madabdi police officer-in-charge Kamruzzaman confirmed the deaths of six people in his tahna area while Rangpur deputy commissioner Mohammad Mobasher Hasan confirmed the five deaths in his district.

Magura superintendent of police Mashiuddaula Reza confirmed the four deaths while Pabna General Hospital assistant director Rafiqul Hasan confirmed the deaths of three people in the hospital.

Munshiganj General Hospital superintendent Abu Hena Mohammad Jamal confirmed two deaths in the hospital while Sirajdikhan Upzila Health Complex resident medical officer AKM Taiful Haque confirmed the another death.

Kishoreganj deputy commissioner Md Abul Kalam Azad confirmed three deaths while Sylhet’s Golapganj Upazila Health Complex resident medical officer Shahin Ahmed confirmed three deaths and Sherpur deputy commissioner Abdullah Al-Khayrum confirmed three deaths in the upazila.

Bogura Shaheed Zia Medical College Hospital deputy director Abdul Wadud confirmed three deaths while the district’s civil surgeon Mohammad Shafiul Azam confirmed another death.

In Cumilla, Debidwar police officer-in-charge Nayan Mia confirmed one death and Purnbanchal Highway police DIG Khairul Alam confirmed one and cumilla civil surgeon Nasima Akter confirmed another death.

Deputy commissioners and police officers of Barishal, Jaipurhat, Habiganj, Cox’s Bazar and Bhola confirmed one each in their respective districts.