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Home / News / World News / Photos / IN PHOTOS: Sheikh Hasina resigns as PM, leaves Bangladesh after days of unrest

IN PHOTOS: Sheikh Hasina resigns as PM, leaves Bangladesh after days of unrest

Updated On: 05 August, 2024 04:53 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and an interim government is taking over, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced here on Monday. Pics/PTI

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and an interim government is taking over, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced here on Monday. Pics/PTI

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and an interim government is taking over, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced here on Monday. Pics/PTI

"I`m taking all responsibility (of the country). Please cooperate," he said in a televised address amid reports that Hasina has left the country. There were unconfirmed reports that she was headed to a city in India

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"I`m taking all responsibility (of the country). Please cooperate," he said in a televised address amid reports that Hasina has left the country. There were unconfirmed reports that she was headed to a city in India

As protests spiralled across the country, he said he had asked both Army and police not to fire any shots

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As protests spiralled across the country, he said he had asked both Army and police not to fire any shots

More than 100 people have been killed in the protests against the Hasina government over the last two days. The country has been witnessing fierce demonstrations over the controversial quota system that reserves 30 per cent of jobs for the families of veterans who fought the 1971 liberation war

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More than 100 people have been killed in the protests against the Hasina government over the last two days. The country has been witnessing fierce demonstrations over the controversial quota system that reserves 30 per cent of jobs for the families of veterans who fought the 1971 liberation war

Sheikh Hasina has left Dhakha in a military chopper amid nationwide violence in the country, local media reported on Monday

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Sheikh Hasina has left Dhakha in a military chopper amid nationwide violence in the country, local media reported on Monday

Media outlet ProthomAlo said that Hasina`s military chopper, took off from her Bangabhaban the official residence of the Bangladesh president with her at 2:30 (local time)

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Media outlet ProthomAlo said that Hasina`s military chopper, took off from her Bangabhaban the official residence of the Bangladesh president with her at 2:30 (local time)

Sheikh Hasina was accompanied by her younger sister Sheikh Rehana in the chopper ProthomAlo reported citing sources that claimed that the Bangladesh Prime Minister departed for West Bengal in India by helicopter

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Sheikh Hasina was accompanied by her younger sister Sheikh Rehana in the chopper ProthomAlo reported citing sources that claimed that the Bangladesh Prime Minister departed for West Bengal in India by helicopter

Protesters forced open the gates of Gono Bhaban and entered the premises of the prime minister`s residence around 3 pm today, The Daily Star reported

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Protesters forced open the gates of Gono Bhaban and entered the premises of the prime minister`s residence around 3 pm today, The Daily Star reported

Thousands of people joined the Anti-Discrimination Students` Movement`s "March to Dhaka" programme at the Mirpur 10 roundabout and moved towards Farmgate

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Thousands of people joined the Anti-Discrimination Students` Movement`s "March to Dhaka" programme at the Mirpur 10 roundabout and moved towards Farmgate

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