Sheikh · Hasina, Xinhua News Agency
According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on August 5, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh · Hasina resigned. A day earlier, clashes broke out across Bangladesh and protesters demanded Hasina's resignation. According to Reuters, sources revealed that Hasina and her sister had left the prime minister's official residence and headed to a safe house.
According to reports, on August 4 local time, tens of thousands of protesters clashed fiercely with police and government security forces, killing at least 91 people and injuring hundreds. Protesters have blocked the country's main highways over the past two days and staged "non-cooperation" demonstrations across the country.
On August 5, 2024 local time, during an anti-government protest in the Shahbag area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, police and activists clashed, and Bangladeshi army personnel stood guard during the curfew. Visual China Diagram
At least 11 people were killed and dozens injured in several fierce clashes in the capital, Dhaka, local media bdnews24.com reported. Three-way clashes between protesters, police and Hasina's supporters have all taken place in areas such as Munsiganj in the center, Sirajganj in the northwest, and Pabna in the northeast, resulting in the destruction of police stations and government institutions, as well as casualties of varying severity.
According to relevant information, protests across Bangladesh have been going on nationwide since July. What began as a protest against preferential quotas for public sector jobs has evolved into a nationwide campaign against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's economic management policies.
On August 4, 2024 local time, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, demonstrators carried the body of a protester to protest on the streets of Dhaka. Visual China Diagram
At least 150 people were killed, thousands injured and tens of thousands arrested by the government in last month's protest-sparked violence, Reuters reported. After the Supreme Court was forced to announce the lifting of most quotas on July 21, protesters continued to demand that the government take responsibility for the violence and bring justice to the families of the victims.
Currently, the government has declared a national holiday from the 5th to the 7th, and an indefinite curfew has been imposed from the evening of August 4th.
Passers-by look at a burned car during an anti-government protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024 local time. Visual China Diagram
It is worth noting that the government security forces play a very delicate role in this conflict. According to The New York Times, the government has deployed military and other security forces across the country since demonstrations began in July. However, during the clashes on the 4th, government forces stopped the protesters in some places, while in others they protected the protesters from attacks by Hasina supporters.
On April 4, the head of the Bangladesh army, General Waker-uz-Zaman, chief of army staff, convened a meeting of senior military officers and reaffirmed in a statement issued after the meeting that the military would "safeguard the public interest and meet any needs of the country."
Hasina won her fifth term in early January. However, due to serious political divisions and disputes over the legitimacy of the elections, popular demonstrations and demonstrations continued.
On August 4, 2024 local time, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, protesters clashed with the police and the joint forces of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League and its affiliated organizations. Visual China Diagram
Source: The Paper