Maldives urges citizens in protest-hit Bangladesh to remain indoors
Authorities cut some mobile internet services to try to quell the unrest, which has killed at least 19 people this week.
Maldivian government on Thursday urged people Maldivians living and traveling to Bangladesh to be vigilant due to the ongoing unrest in the country.
The foreign ministry issued a statement on the ongoing clashes.
"We urge you not to go outside as directed by the Bangladesh government and to follow the instructions of the Bangladesh government and the Sri Lankan High Commission in Bangladesh," the statement said.
The statement said that the Bangladeshi government is working to ensure the safety and security of students and residents living in Bangladesh.
Thirteen people were killed as thousands of students armed with sticks and rocks clashed with armed police in Dhaka on Thursday, the worst day of violence so far in protests in Bangladesh against a policy that sets quotas for the allocation of government jobs.
Authorities cut some mobile internet services to try to quell the unrest, which has killed at least 19 people this week.
Hundreds of people were injured as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up groups of protesters, who torched vehicles, police posts and other establishments, witnesses said.
The nationwide agitation, the biggest since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was reelected earlier this year, is fuelled by high youth unemployment. Nearly a fifth of the country's 170 million population is out of work or education.
Protesters are demanding the state stop setting aside 30% of government jobs for the families of people who fought in the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan.
