Bangladesh's deadliest civil unrest in more than a decade has left thousands dead and many more missing and injured.
Over 30 people have died in the previous three days in Bangladesh, including 25 on Thursday, when students protested against an unfair job quota system, according to Agence France-Presse.
This is the country's worst civil disturbance in over a decade. The ruling Awami League, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and security personnel have been engaged in combat with the anti-quota demonstrators.
The state-run Bangladesh Television station in the capital city sent a Facebook message pleading for assistance, claiming that many people were trapped inside the flaming building.
"I leaped over the wall to escape, but some of my coworkers became trapped inside." A producer at the station spoke with the Associated Press over the phone and stated that the attackers broke inside the building and set fire to furnishings.
Everyone had left the premises, a station officer later confirmed to AFP. Following the reinstatement of a quota by the High Court in June, which reserves 30% of civil service positions for the relatives of those who participated in the 1971 war that led to Bangladesh's independence, student demonstrations broke out last week. The government declared on Thursday that it was prepared to begin discussions with the demonstrators right now.
