As millions came out on the streets of Dhaka on Monday, the longest-serving Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, facing a tough crisis, submitted her resignation to President Mohammed Shahabuddin and flew to India with her sister Sheikh Rehana.
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday resigned and landed in Delhi, amid massive protests that have claimed over 400 lives since mid-July. President Mohammed Shahabuddin today dissolved the 12th Parliament formed through the January 7 election, where Hasina won a fourth straight term.
Hasina’s travel plans have hit a roadblock due to certain “uncertainties” and she is unlikely to move out of India for the next couple of days, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. She has been shifted to an unspecified location after her dramatic ouster from power on Monday.
A day after violent protests rocked Bangladesh and caused ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee, President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved the 12th Parliament formed through the January 7 election, where Hasina won a fourth straight term.
Astrologer Prashanth Kini's prediction on Sheikh Hasina has gone viral after the ex-Bangladesh PM was forced to resign and flee the country following violent protests. The agitation began on a smaller scale but spiralled into a broader unrest on Monday, with over 440 dead in past few weeks.
The clashes between protesters demanding Hasina's resignation over the quota system in government jobs and the ruling Awami League supporters in different parts of Bangladesh erupted on August 4.
Mass protests, by and large, plagued the neighbouring countries' democratic setup which is a major cause of concern for regional stability. India, the biggest democratic country in the world must be worried over these anti-democratic outrages in the neighbour countries.
Sheikh Hasina landed in India on Monday evening and has been shifted to an unspecified location under heavy security. Her travel plans, initially reported to be to the UK, have hit a roadblock.
After the protest in Bangladesh, India increased its army on the border India is alert after the coup in Bangladesh. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar briefed about the current situation in Bangladesh at an all-party meeting on Tuesday and appreciated the unanimous support of all parties.
On 5th August, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hastily boarded a helicopter and departed Dhaka, leaving behind a nation in turmoil. But the scenes mirrored a similar upheaval in Sri Lanka two years prior when protesters breached the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Bangladesh crisis: Nahid Islam, a 26-year-old sociology student, has become a key figure in Bangladesh's recent upheaval, leading a student movement that resulted in the ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after 15 years in power.
Naslima Nasreen, an exiled Bangladeshi author, has taken a sharp dig at ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Haseena, drawing parallels to her situation when she left the country in 1994.
Dr Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate widely known for his Grameen Bank initiative that introduced Bangladesh to microcredit, is a fierce Hasina critic who is facing several criminal cases. He called Hasina's resignation on Monday as a "second liberation" for the country.
Colonel Ashok Kumar Tara, then a major in the Indian Army, played a crucial role in rescuing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, from Pakistani captivity during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign as Bangladesh's Prime Minister on Monday as massive anti-governments turned violent, leading to the deaths of at least 300 others. She was expected to seek asylum in London and preparations to form an interim government in Bangladesh are underway.
Violent protests against the quota system in Bangladesh's government jobs escalated to anti-government agitation that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country. She landed at the Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad, but there has been no word on her seeking asylum in the UK.
Bangladesh political crisis: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security on the issue on Monday as the neighbouring country plunges into turmoil.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down from her position amidst escalating protests in Dhaka, leading to the formation of an interim government by the Bangladesh Army in collaboration with political parties.
PM Modi held a crucial meet to discuss the unrest in Bangladesh and the future course of action. Earlier, Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka amjidst violent protests that rocked the nation.
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