Prime Minister of Bangladesh Hasina Wajid fled the country after a month of public protests, the army announced the formation of an interim government as soon as it took over.
Bangladesh President Muhammad Shahabuddin dissolved the parliament.
The opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and the order to release all the arrested protesters.
Naheed Islam, the central leader of the student movement in Bangladesh, declared that whether there is a military-backed government or a presidential system established under emergency conditions, the students will not accept any government that is not proposed by them, will present proposals for an interim national government within the next 24 hours.
Hasina Wajid’s official residence, houses of ministers and chief justice attacked. Parliament building stormed, and 56 more people killed in violent incidents on Monday.
Violence continued despite the announcement of Hasina Wajid’s resignation.
Protesters Sheikh Mujib’s museum also stormed, and the statue of the founder of Bangladesh broken. The headquarters of the ruling party Awami League was also burnt. And celebrations across the country including Dhaka, danced on tanks.
Sheikh Hasina Wajid by military helicopter reached India. After which she left for London where the request for political asylum had been sent.
The army had given Hasina Wajid a deadline of 45 minutes to resign, they could not even record the farewell speech. Bangladesh President Muhammad Shahabuddin, former Prime Minister issued orders to release protesting students and thousands of political activists arrested during the nationwide protest, including BNP leader Khaleda Zia.
The Bangladeshi army announced the lifting of the curfew in the country on Tuesday morning.
The army says that the curfew in the country will be lifted on Tuesday morning. Business will return to normal.
Waqar-ul-Zaman, the army chief of Bangladesh, dressed in a military uniform and a cap, said in a televised address to the nation “I am taking full responsibility and that after the resignation of the prime minister and his escape from the capital, I will form an interim government.
Although it is not clear whether he will head the caretaker government or not. He added that Sheikh Hasina Wajid has resigned. He added that the country has suffered a lot, and the economy has been affected.
Yes, many people have been killed, it’s time to stop the violence. He further said that I hope that the situation will improve after my speech.
He said that he would talk to the President to form the interim government. The leaders of the participated, and discussed with the members of the civil society, but did not negotiate with Hasina Wajid’s Awami League.
He said that if the situation improves, there is no need for an emergency. And he will prosecute those who died in the protests.
He said that now the task of the students is to remain peaceful and help us. The US has welcomed the establishment of a transitional government in Bangladesh. The US State Department said spokesman Matthew Miller has appealed to the protesters to show restraint.
The UK has expressed concern over the situation in Bangladesh. To ensure a peaceful transition, India’s former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has claimed that Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh has an important role in ending Sheikh Hasina Wajid’s regime in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Begum Khaleda Zia and Acting Chairman Tariq Rehman asked the people to remain calm in the context of the ongoing situation in the country.
According to the details, the 15-year rule of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ended yesterday, and the students’ protests forced her to resign and leave the country.
Forced to flee At least 20 people killed in violence in the capital last day, as the army took control of the country and announced it would form an interim government.
300 people killed, including officials, on Monday, hundreds of people broke the doors of Hasina Wajid’s official residence and danced on the tank on the road.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman known as Bangabandhu in Bangladesh politics. The protestors so enraged that they climbed the statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and smashed it into pieces with hammers.
After the resignation of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh, the protestors entered the Prime Minister’s residence in Dhaka.
In the pictures, the protesters seen carrying the belongings of the Prime Minister’s residence.
Sheikh Hasina resigned and left for India.
According to the report, Sheikh Hasina arrived at Hundon Airbase in Ghaziabad around 5.30 pm.