Bangladesh has been engulfed by violence since student protests last month.
Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh 's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka on Aug 5, 2024. DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday after hundreds of people wereJubilant, cheering crowds stormed into the opulent grounds of the presidential residence unopposed, carrying out looted furniture and TVs. One man balanced a red velvet, gilt-edged chair on his head. Another held an armful of vases.
Hasina was"so disappointed that after all her hard work, for a minority to rise up against her", Joy said.Anti-government protestors gather to vandalise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka on Aug 5, 2024. "I promise you all, we will bring justice to all the murders and injustice. We request you to have faith in the army of the country," he said.India's ANI news agency said Hasina, 76, landed at a military airfield near Delhi. Reuters could not verify this, but commercial tracking services showed a Bangladesh Air Force plane had left the country and flown west before disappearing from tracking near Delhi.
People celebrate the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Aug 5, 2024. Hasina's son Joy defended her record:"She has turned Bangladesh around. When she took over power it was considered a failing state. It was a poor country. Until today it was considered one of the rising tigers of Asia."Hasina had ruled since winning a decades-long power struggle with Zia in 2009.
At least 44 of the dead were brought to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, an AFP correspondent said, reporting all had bullet wounds. The government declared the indefinite nationwide curfew starting at 6pm local time on Sunday and also announced a three-day general holiday starting from Monday. People celebrate the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug 5, 2024.
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