Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced that Sheikh Hasina has resigned as the country's Prime Minister and an interim government is set to take over soon. After resigning, Hasina landed at the Hindon airbase near Ghaziabad on her way to London.
Sheikh Hasina first became Prime Minister in 1996, serving until 2001. She returned to power in 2009 and has been in office since then, making her one of the longest-serving leaders in Bangladesh’s history.
Following the resignation of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Army chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced that he would form an interim government. He had met political leaders and told them the Army would take over responsibility for law and order.
Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and left for London. Protesters barged into the PM House and stole stuffs from the Palace.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and left the country, amid massive protests against her government that has killed more than 106 people since Sunday, August 4.
Numerous videos surfaced online of protesters entering the PM Palace in Dhaka and vandalising and enjoying the comforts of the prime minister's residence.
Bangladesh protests: Agitators also set on fire Awami League president Sheikh Hasina's office at Dhanmondi in Dhaka. Protesters were seen chanting slogans and celebrating the news of Sheikh Hasina's resignation.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday resigned and left the country, several news reports said, amid massive protests against her government that claimed more than 106 lives in the last two days.
Bangladesh protests: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left Dhaka in a military chopper amid escalating nationwide violence. Protesters breached the gates of Gono Bhaban and entered the premises of the prime minister's residence around 3 pm today.
Bangladesh Army chief addressed the nation after Sheikh Hasina left the country to a "safer place" amid violent protests.
Protesters forced open the gates of Gono Bhaban and entered the premises of the Prime Minister's residence around 3 pm today. Thousands of people joined the Anti-Discrimination Students' Movement's "March to Dhaka" programme at the Mirpur 10 roundabout and moved towards Farmgate.
Sheikh Hasina tendered her resignation on Monday and left the country as the violent protests escalated.
After weeks of violence, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigned from her office.
Thousands of protesters have come out on the streets demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina... On Sunday, violent clashes took place between the protesters and the police at many places... in which 91 people have died so far.
It is for the second time during the recent protests that the government shut down internet services, mobile operators said. Social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp were not available, even via broadband connections.
According to the police headquarters, 14 policemen have been killed across the country. Of them, 13 were killed in Sirajganj's Enayetpur police station. One person was killed in Comilla's Elliotganj, the paper said. More than 300 policemen were injured.
Bangladesh's student protests have shifted from rallying against government job quotas to calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation. The movement now includes a call for a nationwide non-cooperation campaign until the government steps down.
Bangladesh: The protests initially focused on government job quotas, have grown into a broader public movement, demanding justice for over 200 killed protesters. Clashes between protesters and police have occurred, and the government has responded with curfews and internet shutdowns.
Bangladesh PM Hasina and several other Cabinet ministers have accused the right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami party and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir of playing a role in the violence during the student protests.
More than 200 people were killed in Bangladesh in recent weeks during violence that evolved from student protests over the South Asian country's quota system for government jobs.
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