Sheikh Hasina’s reported departure comes as fresh wave of violent protests erupts across country
, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and left the country, media reports say, amid some of the country’s worst violence since the birth of the south Asian nation more than 50 years ago.
There has been no official confirmation that Hasina has resigned. An address from the army chief, which has now been delayed several times, is currently underway and an interim government has been announced. What began as student protests was over a quota system for government jobs they said disproportionately allocated jobs to the descendants of freedom fighters from the 1971 independence war.
A curfew was put in place on Monday and offices and factories were closed but protesters have still taken to the streets. Bangladeshi TV channels showed jubilant protesters dancing and chanting at locations across Dhaka.
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