A nationwide internet blackout imposed by the government on Thursday has made communication challenging for thousands of Bangladeshis in the UK for several days.

Telecoms links were widely disrupted, Overseas telephone calls and those through the Internet were crippled, while the websites of several Bangladesh newspapers did not update on Friday and were also inactive on social media.

"The last I heard from them was about an intensifying clash that resulted in the deaths of two in our city. I am really scared for my family's safety and well-being,”  Islam Uddin, a 25-year-old from Sylhet in Bangladesh who lives in South London told Daily Dazzling Dawn on Sunday afternoon.

In the last few days, a few Bangladeshi community groups have arranged protests in various places in the UK and Europe against the Bangladeshi government's stand on the student movement.

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According to the AFP report,Numerous individuals have died in Bangladesh as a result of student violence. The streets of Bangladesh are covered in bloodstains and bullet cascades from the deadly skirmishes between police and protesters calling for an alteration to work quotas. Many have lost their lives. A quota that protected 30% of government positions for the family of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's 1971 independence struggle has been called into question by students, who are disappointed by the lack of suitable jobs available. The top court in Bangladesh reduced the quota on Sunday, directing that 93% of employment be awarded on the basis of merit and reducing the veterans' portion to 5%. The remaining 2% will be reserved for disabled and transgender individuals as well as members of ethnic minorities.In Bangladesh, student violence has claimed lives.

The protests have posed the most serious challenge to Bangladesh’s government since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won a fourth consecutive term in January elections that were boycotted by the main opposition groups. Universities have been closed, the internet has been shut off and the government has ordered people to stay at home.

The protests turned deadly on Tuesday, a day after students at Dhaka University began clashing with police. Violence continued to escalate as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and hurled smoke grenades to scatter stone-throwing protesters.

Bangladeshi authorities haven’t shared any official numbers of those killed and injured, but at least four local newspapers on Sunday reported that over 100 people have died.