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2024 Bangladesh post-resignation violence took place after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, during the clashes between the protesters and opposition activists on one side, and the Awami League supporters, government and security officials on the other. [2] On the day of the resignation, 25 police officers were killed. [1]
The main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), demanded that the government hand over power to a neutral caretaker government before the January 2024 elections. [9] This was rejected by Hasina, who vowed that "Bangladesh will never allow an unelected government again". [ 10 ]
Students in Bangladesh began a quota reform movement in early June 2024 after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector. The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as July massacre , by the ...
Bangladesh's army chief Waker-uz-Zaman, announced on 5 August 2024, that an interim government will be formed in the country after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India. [ 131 ] On 8 August 2024, Muhammad Yunus took oath as the Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bangladesh in Bangabhaban , Dhaka in the presence of ...
The Awami League won the 2018 general elections and formed the government. [23] The first session of the parliament sat on 30 January 2019. As the tenure of a parliament lasts five years in Bangladesh, [3] the Sangsad was scheduled to expire on 29 January 2024.
The protest began in June 2024, in response to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh reinstating a 30% quota for descendants of freedom fighters, reversing the government decision made in response to the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. Students began to feel like they have a limited opportunity based on merit.
The inaugural competition was won by New Zealand after a thrilling victory over India in June 2021. The 50-over World Cup is far older and has been competed for since back in 1975.
The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2024 in Bangladesh. 2024 ( MMXXIV ) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar , the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century , and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.