BREAKING! Bangladesh Prime Minister Flees Country As Protestors Storm Palace

By Our Reporter

WORLD

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has today Monday, 5^th August, 2024 resigned and fled the country after anti-government protests in which hundreds of people have been killed

Reports say she and her sister have been taken by army helicopter to safety. Hasina’s whereabouts are unclear – she’s thought to be heading to India

Huge crowds of cheering protesters stormed her official residence in the capital Dhaka, despite a curfew and internet clampdown

Hasina, who forged close ties with India ever since she was first elected in 1996, has always justified Dhaka’s close relationship

Meanwhile, Jubilant crowds have taken to the streets in Bangladesh, celebrating the departure of long-term Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Crowds waved flags as some demonstrators danced on top of a parked tank in the capital Dhaka, AFP news agency reported.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s Channel24 broadcast footage of ecstatic protesters breaking into Hasina’s official residence in Dhaka, with some waving to the camera as they streamed into the compound.

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.

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.