The military has seized power and announced the formation of an interim government after the prime minister resigned. Hundreds have been killed in anti-government demonstrations in recent weeks.
The Prime Minister of BangladeshSheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and left the country along with her sister, Sheikh Rehana, amid mounting anti-government protests that began last month and have left hundreds dead in the country.
Hasina, who has on several occasions offered to speak to protesters to find solutions to the crisis Bangladesh is going through, has tendered her resignation to President Mohammad Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban (the official residence of the head of state), Channel I television network reported.
His departure from the country takes place shortly afterwards thousands of protesterswho have taken to the streets again in an attempt to defuse tension despite the curfew imposed by the authorities, broke into Ganabhaban, the prime minister’s residence, where looting is taking place.
Several media outlets have reported that Hasina has crossed the border by helicopter for security reasons to travel to the Indian state of West Bengal. The army chief will deliver a televised address at 3 p.m. (local time).
Employment quota system
Bangladesh is experiencing one of its most violent moments in years as mass student protests demand reforms in the region employment quota system of the public sector, leading to violent clashes with security forces and leaving dozens of people dead.
The protests began peacefully on July 1 with a mobilization of students who gathered support on the campuses of several public and private universities.
The movement is rooted in an old and controversial quota system that reserves 30% of government jobs for descendants of liberation war fighters, which led to Pakistan’s independence more than half a century ago.
Source: EITB
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