Dhaka's streets were deserted and patrolled by the army on Saturday as Bangladesh imposed a curfew to quell student-led protests over the public sector job quota system.
The protests, which turned deadly last week, have claimed the lives of more than 100 people.
Internet and text messaging services, suspended since Thursday, remain down, isolating Bangladesh from the world as police enforce strict measures against the protests.
Despite a ban on public gatherings, clashes have continued, leading to at least 105 deaths and thousands of injuries last week, according to hospital data across the country.
Dhaka Medical College Hospital alone received 27 bodies within a two-hour window on Friday evening.
The unrest initially erupted over student anger towards a new quota system for government jobs, which allocates 30% of positions to the families of those who fought in the country's war of independence from Pakistan.
This policy has reignited long-standing political tensions between those who fought for Bangladesh's independence in 1971 and those accused of collaborating with Islamabad.
Over the past five days, police have used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters in widespread disturbances across the nation.
Demonstrators have clashed with security forces, hurling stones and setting vehicles on fire.
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