Tamara Davison 5 August 2024 Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned after continuing unrest and protests that escalated on Sunday resulting in the deaths of about 100 people.

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh finally scaled back the 30% reservation for descendants of freedom fighters to 5%, in order to subdue the protest, but it seemed not to be enough for the protesters ...

Protesters climb a public monument as they celebrate the news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Monday, August 5, 2024 [Rajib Dhar/AP] Twenty-five-year-old Abu ...

The world knows it as August 5, 2024. However, the student-led anti-government protesters who toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule in Bangladesh , call it 36th July.

(London) – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on August 5, 2024, and fled the country after weeks of student protests, Human Rights Watch said today.An estimated 300 people have ...

After 15 years in power, Bangladesh's prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5 as anti-government protesters stormed her palace in the capital Dhaka. "She has fled the ...

How Bangladesh’s ‘Gen Z’ protests brought down PM Sheikh ... People shout slogans as they take part in a protest against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government in Dhaka on August 5, ...

The final protest took place on August 5. Hundreds of thousands of people converged on her residence. When the crowd was about 40 minutes away, the army abandoned Hasina, forcing her to flee to ...

Between July 16 and August 5—the day Sheikh Hasina ultimately stepped down and fled the country before the protesters reached her official palace—439 lives were lost.

How Bangladesh student protests brought in a new leader. Dhaka (AFP) ... August 8: Yunus to lead. Nobel peace prize winner Yunus, 84, flies to Dhaka to lead a caretaker government.