The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD president ASM Abdur Rab in a statement on Thursday called on the government to stop arrest and harassments of opposition leaders centring on the student movement for reforming quotas in the government jobs.

Law enforcers are arresting central leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and other opposition parties countrywide, he said, calling on the government to stop arrest and harassments of the opposition leaders.

He also demanded trials and exemplary punishments of the responsible for killing of more than 200 students and people in the movement.

Mentioning to take immediate step to stop confrontations, he, moreover, demanded withdrawal of curfew, reopening of all educational institutions and fulfil the demands of the quota movement students.