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\nDHAKA
\nThousands of Bangladeshi high school students have been protesting for a fifth day after two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus.
\nThe demonstrators, demanding justice and road safety measures, have brought the capital Dhaka to a virtual standstill. A government minister has accused them of hypocrisy, triggering further anger.
\nThe education ministry has closed high schools across the country and promised to take their demands into account. However, this did not end the protests.
\nThere are reports that some of the protesters, mostly aged in their mid-teens, have been checking bus registration plates and demanding to see drivers\u2019 identity documents.
\n\u201cWe don\u2019t want any vehicles without licences on the streets. Those unfit to drive should not get licences, and we don\u2019t want underage motorists driving public transport,\u201d protester Mohammad Sifat told AFP.
\nSome vehicles have been vandalised and police armed with shields and batons have driven the protesters back in some parts of the city.
\nSaiyara Islam Roj, 17, told the BBC she had never protested before.
\n\u201cI am joining because I see how dangerous our roads are every day when I go out. All we want is corruption to be gone and driving licences to stop being handed out like candy,\u201d she said.
\nSaifur Rahman, 17, said that in parts of Dhaka, students had taken control of traffic lanes in order to regulate traffic and check drivers\u2019 licences and had also cleared lanes to allow emergency services vehicles to pass through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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