317 foreign students leave Sylhet thru’ Tamabil land port

317 foreign students studying at four private medical colleges have left Sylhet and returned to their respective countries due to the ongoing situation centring the quota reform protests in Bangladesh.

Among them are students from India and Nepal.

It has been reported that Indian and Nepali students left through Tamabil land port in last several days.

Sources informed that due to the ongoing quota protest and subsequent clashes between police and members of various political parties, the foreign students became alarmed.

As a result, they expressed their desire to return to their countries temporarily.

Manas Kumar Mustafi, second secretary (Press, Information, Culture, and Education) of the Indian Assistant High Commission in Sylhet, confirmed the matter to the media.