DHAKA, Bangladesh: Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters, many wielding sticks, crowded into a central Dhaka square on Sunday (Aug 4) for mass protests demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign following a deadly police crackdown.
Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Aug 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. DHAKA, Bangladesh : Thousands of Bangladesh i protesters, many wielding sticks, crowded into a central Dhaka square on Sunday for mass protests demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign following a deadly police crackdown.
"It always stood by the people and will do so for the sake of people and in any need of the state," he said, according to an army statement issued late Saturday.On Saturday, when hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in Dhaka, the police were largely bystanders watching the rallies. "It is no longer about job quotas," said Sakhawat, a young female protester who gave only one name, as she scrawled graffiti on a wall at a protest site in Dhaka calling Hasina a"killer".Counter-protests supporting the government are also expected.
Protests will be held at entry points to Dhaka, with the main rallies held in Dhaka's central Shahbagh Square, where crowds gathered on Sunday morning. They have also asked government workers and labourers in the country's economically vital garment factories to strike.
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