Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse students protesting against the government's job quota system on July 17, a day after violent clashes left six people dead and scores injured.
Authorities also announced the indefinite closure of all public and private universities from Wednesday following the protests over public sector job quotas, which include a 30% reservation for family members of fighters from the 1971 War of Independence from Pakistan.
Later, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government will form a judicial committee to investigate the killings.
Wednesday's violence broke out after security forces deployed outside the Dhaka University campus as students chanted: "We will not let our brothers' blood go in vain".
Police fired teargas and rubber bullets and lobbed sound grenades at the students as they marched in processions carrying coffins in solidarity with those killed, said protest coordinator Nahid Islam.
The quotas have caused anger among students who face high youth unemployment rates, with nearly 32 million young Bangladeshis not in work or education out of a total population of 170 million people.
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