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Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh's prime minister and fled the country on Monday following weeks of dedly protests that began as demonstrations by students against government job quotas but ...
Hasina flew to neighbouring India on Monday after weeks of deadly protests. An interim government, led by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, was sworn in on Thursday with the aim of holding ...
DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and fled the country, as more people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation ...
Sheikh Hasina [b] (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , the first president of Bangladesh .
Following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024, the post-resignation violence in Bangladesh took place, between protesters and opposition activists on one side, and Awami League supporters, government and security officials on the other. [5] On the day of Hasina's resignation, 25 police officers were killed. [1]
On August 5, 2024, the day of Sheikh Hasina's resignation, several video clips surfaced online, showing a group of foreign armed personnel departing the country by air from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
Hasina and her sister, who lives in London but was in Dhaka at the time, discussed the matter and flew out together, according to a Bangladesh source. They left for India around lunch, local time.
Although, reports indicated that Hasina had already been rushed to a "secure location" within the compound. By 2:00 PM, the protesters’ also stormed the Jatiya Sangsad. [22] Following the violence and key national points being overwhelmed by the protesters, reports started spreading of Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and flight. [23]