After 15 years in office, Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, announced her resignation and departed the nation on Monday, according to a senior military official.
Following weeks of anti-government unrest that claimed over 300 lives, she is leaving. Reports that Sheikh Rehana (sister of Hasina, 76) and she had left for a “safe shelter” sparked thousands of demonstrators to storm her official mansion, Ganabhaban, in Dhaka.
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An interim administration will assume power, according to General Waker-Uz-Zaman, the head of Bangladesh’s army. He declared that the military would withdraw and that an inquiry into the brutal suppression of student demonstrators would begin.
At a press conference, he declared, “We will investigate all the killings and punish the responsible.” “I have issued an order prohibiting any type of firing by the army or police. Students’ current responsibility is to remain composed and assist us.”
Within the next 48 hours, a large number of Awami League supporters from Bangladesh are probably going to infiltrate Agartala, sources told India Today TV.
According to local media, the Army Chief met earlier today with representatives of several political groups, including the opposition BNP and the ruling Awami League, as well as other interested parties.
The location of Sheikh Hasina was not immediately verified. She and her sister reportedly traveled to India on a military chopper.
Students were protesting a government job quota system peacefully in late June when they got into physical altercations with police and pro-government supporters at Dhaka University.
The use of force, curfews, and internet shutdowns by the government to put an end to the protests backfired, killing around 300 people and sparking calls for her resignation.
According to Hasina, the demonstrators who committed acts of “sabotage” and devastation were no longer students but rather criminals, and the public ought to deal with them harshly.
Almost a hundred people lost their lives on Sunday when protestors nationwide battled with security personnel and members of the ruling party.
In an effort to calm the disturbance, authorities first turned down the mobile internet on Sunday. On Monday, they temporarily halted the broadband service.
On Sunday night, a curfew enforced by the military was implemented for Dhaka and the other divisional and district headquarters. Additionally, a holiday from Monday to Wednesday was declared by the government.