Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned. The Bangladesh Army Chief of Staff said an interim government would be set up to govern Bangladesh. The day before, clashes broke out across Bangladesh, with protesters demanding Hasina’s resignation.
According to Reuters, Hasina and her sister have left the prime minister’s residence and headed for a safe house.
According to reports, tens of thousands of protesters had fierce clashes with police and government security forces on August 4, local time, killing at least 91 people and injuring hundreds. Protesters have blocked major highways in the country over the past two days and launched “non-cooperation” demonstrations in various places.
According to local Bangladeshi media bdnews24, at least 11 people were beaten to death and dozens were injured in several violent clashes in the capital Dhaka.
Three-way clashes between protesters, police and Hasina supporters occurred in Munsiganj in the central region, Sirajganj in the northwest, and Pabna in the northeast, resulting in the destruction of a large number of police stations and government agencies and varying degrees of casualties.
Relevant information shows that protests across Bangladesh have continued since July. The demonstrations were initially to protest the preferential quota system for public sector jobs, and later gradually evolved into a national movement against Prime Minister Hasina’s economic management policies.
On the 4th, General Waker-uz-Zaman, the head of the Bangladesh Army and Chief of Army Staff, convened a meeting of senior military officers and reiterated in a statement issued after the meeting that the military will “uphold the public interest and meet any needs of the country.”
Hasina won her fifth term in early January this year. However, due to serious political divisions and disputes surrounding the legitimacy of the election, people’s marches and demonstrations continue.