What happened in Bangladesh? Know the protest & crisis

Bhubaneswar: Sheikh Hasina’s government had been facing violent protests for weeks over quotas in government jobs to select groups that backed her in Bangladesh. Hundreds of students and security personnel died in the clashes.

Sheikh Hasina resigned as the prime minister of Bangladesh and fled Dhaka in a military aircraft. This was after her security team raised concerns about her safety in the country. She landed at Ghaziabad’s Hindon air base and was at a safe house.

The country’s army announced that an interim government will be formed soon. While the details of the composition of the government are yet to come out, a student body has announced that Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus will be the chief adviser to the interim government.

A day after Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign as Prime Minister, Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved the Parliament formed after the January 7 national election. “The decision to dissolve the parliament was taken following the president’s discussions with chiefs of three staffs of armed forces, leaders of different political parties, representatives of civil society, and leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement,” said Bangabhaban, the official residence of Bangladesh President.

Meanwhile, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, the arch-rival of Hasina, has been released from the jail. Zia, the former premier, was under house arrest after being convicted in several cases. The BNP chief was released following a meeting between the President, the chiefs of the three services, leaders of different political parties, representatives of civil society, and leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.

Khaleda was sent to the Old Dhaka Jail after a lower court sentenced her to five years imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case on February 8, 2018. Later, she was found guilty in another corruption case the same year, The Daily Star reported on Tuesday.

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