Bangladesh flares up in violence , nearly 100 dead

Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured Sunday as renewed anti-government protests swept across Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the prime minister to resign and the prime minister accusing them of “sabotage” and cutting off mobile internet in a bid to quell the unrest, foreign media reported.

The country’s leading Bengali-language daily newspaper, Prothom Alo, said at least 95 people, including 14 police officers, died in the violence. Channel 24 reported at least 85 deaths.