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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has resigned and left the country, media reports say


Reuters:

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has resigned and left the country, media reports say

August 5, 2024, 7:34 PM GMT+10, Updated 3 min ago




Protesters clash with police and the pro-government supporters, after anti-quota protester demanding the stepping down of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Bangla Motor area, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 4, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer 


DHAKA, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and left the country on Monday, media reports said, as more people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation more than five decades ago.


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Reuters:


What's behind Bangladesh's protest against PM Sheikh Hasina?

August 5, 2024, 6:11 PM GMT+10, Updated an hour ago




Smoke rises from a fire that was set on the street during a protest by students demanding the stepping down of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, following quota reform protests, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 4, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo


Aug 5 (Reuters) - Bangladesh is on the boil again with close to 100 people killed on Sunday as protesters, calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation, clashed with security forces and supporters of the ruling party.

Last month, at least 150 people were killed and thousands injured in violence touched off by student groups protesting against reserved quotas in government jobs.

Here are details of the new protests and their history:

CALLS FOR HASINA TO STEP DOWN

The 'Students Against Discrimination' group, which was at the forefront of last month's job quota protests, is leading the latest demonstrations.

The protests to reform the quota system paused after the Supreme Court scrapped most quotas on July 21. 

Protesters, however, returned last week demanding a public apology from Hasina for the violence, restoration of internet connections, reopening of college and university campuses and release of those arrested.

By the weekend, the demonstrations spiralled into a campaign seeking Hasina's ouster as demonstrators demanded justice for people killed last month.

The students' group called for a nationwide non-cooperation movement starting Sunday with a single-point agenda - Hasina must resign.

WHY DO PROTESTERS WANT HASINA'S RESIGNATION?

The protesters blame Hasina's government for the violence during the protests in July. Hasina's critics and rights groups have accused her government of using excessive force against protesters, a charge the government denies.

WHAT HAS HASINA SAID RECENTLY?

Hasina, 76, and her government initially said students were not involved in the violence during the quota protests and blamed the Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, and the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for the clashes and arson.

But after violence erupted again on Sunday, Hasina said that "those who are carrying out violence are not students but terrorists who are out to destabilise the nation".

The students group has declined Hasina's offer for talks to resolve the crisis.

WHAT TRIGGERED THE JOB-QUOTA PROTESTS?

Demonstrations started at university campuses in June after the High Court reinstated a quota system for government jobs, overturning a 2018 decision by Hasina's government to scrap it.

The Supreme Court suspended the high court order after the government's appeal and then dismissed the lower court order last month, directing that 93% of jobs should be open to candidates on merit.

FLAGGING ECONOMY, UNEMPLOYMENT

Experts also attribute the current unrest in Bangladesh to stagnant job growth in the private sector, making public sector jobs, with their accompanying regular wage hikes and privileges, very attractive.

The quotas sparked anger among students grappling with high youth unemployment, as nearly 32 million young people are out of work or education in a population of 170 million.

The flagging economy, once among the world's fastest growing on the back of the country's booming garments sector, has stagnated. Inflation hovers around 10% per annum and dollar reserves are shrinking.

HASINA WINS JANUARY ELECTION

Hasina retained power for a fourth straight term in a January general election boycotted by BNP, which accused her Awami League of trying to legitimise sham elections.

BNP said 10 million party workers were on the run ahead of the election with nearly 25,000 arrested following deadly anti-government protests on Oct. 28. Hasina blamed the BNP for instigating anti-government protests that rocked Dhaka ahead of the election and left at least 10 people dead.


12 comments:

  1. Interesting...Bangladesh got what color?

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    1. who knows, we may even hear of a Bangla 'Tian Aun Men' story soon, wakakaka

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  2. https://t.me/rnintel/12944

    🇮🇳🇧🇩⚡- Indian right-wing media, 'Frontal Force', claim of a "coup" in Bangladesh, orchestrated by "the US" to "combat India's interests". Several Indian right-wing media also claim former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has "fled to Belarus". No evidence of either claim has been provided.

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  3. I'm sure the Disinformation industry will blame this as a CIA coup.

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    1. It's a mfering coup orchestrated by yr beloved Yank! PERIOD.

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    2. Evidence unnecessary, of course.
      What a lot of fart.

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    3. Bukti?

      Here is geopolitics 101 for a know-nothing Yankee myrmidon.

      Check why the Yank is so kind to 'occupy' St Martin island as its military base at the Eastern bay of Bengal.

      Saint Martin Island (Bengali: সেন্টমার্টিন দ্বীপ, romanized: Sená¹­mará¹­in dip) is a small island (area only 3 km2) in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula, and forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh.

      Hasina had flatly denial the underated request.

      BTW, St Martin has mainly Christian natives!

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  4. The fact is Sheikh Hasina badly mismanaged the elections that many Bangladeshis considered illegitimate, the student protests against government hiring quotas, and the violence that erupted.

    Malaysian Government had been forced to organise evacuation flights for Malaysians trapped in Dhaka after most commercial airlines suspended flights. Many of the young students suffered traumatisation.

    It's the usual Disinformation Bullshit Artists who have jumped to conclusion , without a shred of evidence, that this was a CIA orchestrated coup.

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  5. "badly mismanaged the elections"

    "many Bangladeshis considered illegitimate"

    "the student protests against government hiring quotas"

    Mfer, do u know what u r farting about with all these broken links of diarrheas?

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  6. https://youtu.be/VgmvgcqP_t0?si=tYXNhHdL8xKvd9XT

    Hindustan Times
    Bangladesh Crisis : Rahul Gandhi's 4 Questions, Jaishankar's Answers Revealed | Sheikh Hasina | India

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  7. Raul Gandhi has a point.
    Given the fact that China has heavily penetrated Bangladesh society at all levels, serious questions should be asked about whether China is involved in the unrest.

    who knows, we may even hear of a Bangla 'Tian Aun Men' story soon, wakakaka

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