Bangladeshi PM, Sheikh Hasina resigns, flees to India
Interim Govt. to be formed - Army chief
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh has resigned and fled the country after anti-government protests in which hundreds of people were killed.
Bangladesh’s Army chief has just made a televised address to the nation.
Waker-uz-Zaman said an interim government would be formed. He added he was going to meet President Mohammed Shahabuddin, and was hoping that a “solution” would be found by the end of the day.
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The army chief said he had already spoken to the country’s opposition political parties.
It is not clear who will head the government.
And Waker-uz-Zaman also vowed “justice” for all the Bangladeshi people – something protesters have been demanding following the deaths of hundreds of people over the last few weeks.
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