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Crowds of protesters continued to roam streets in Dhaka and other Bangladeshi cities even after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country.
At least 135 people have been estimated killed in violence across Bangladesh according to local media reports. Police firings, mob beatings, and arson across the country killed at least 135 people before and after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister on August 5, the Dhaka Tribune said Tuesday.
In Sherpur District in northern Bangladesh, a mob armed with sticks stormed into the district jail, freeing more than 500 inmates.
Crowds of protesters continued to roam streets in Dhaka and other Bangladeshi cities even after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country.
The Bangladesh Army has temporarily taken power in the country and called on people to stop violence.
An interim government is expected to be formed soon.
As per the Dhaka Tribune, in Jessore, at least eight people were burned to death and 84 others were injured after unidentified arsonists set fire to a residential hotel.
In Khulna, three people, including Koyra Upazila Parishad Chairman and Upazila Awami League President GM Mohsin Reza, were beaten to death by a mob.
In Naogaon, a group of miscreants vandalized the residence of Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder and miscreats vandalized and set fire to the house of Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, an MP.
Bangladesh's military said it would lift a curfew imposed to quash protests at dawn today.
Anti-government protests continued in July led by students who took to the streets of various cities in the country to demand the abolition of job quotas for relatives of participants in the 1971 war of independence.
Bangladesh's Supreme Court ruled against reintroducing job quotas on July 21 but protestors continued to demand abolishing job reservations for children of "freedom fighters" from Bangladesh's 1971 independence war.
Anti-government protests escalated on August 4 Protestors were called to march to Dhaka for a "final protest" on August 5, escalating the confrontation with the government.
As per local media reports and viral videos on social media, protestors yesterday entered the Parliament building and were seen taking away things. Some were also seen smoking while sitting on the chairs of the parliament hall.
Another group entered Ganabhaban and was observed looting and posing with live animals and furniture at the residence of the country's prime minister, the Dhaka Tribune reported.
Protesters also trashed the prime minister's residence. They vandalised a statue of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and set fire to his museum.
They also stormed the office of the ruling Awami League party.
However, a report in Dhaka Tribune said that students Dhaka intercepted and confiscated looted items, including air conditioners, refrigerators, chairs, tables, and computers, were being carried away by people who went to the Ganabhaban after Sheikh Hasina's resignation as the prime minister.
Leaders of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement have proposed an interim government led by Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus, in a bid to address Bangladesh's ongoing challenge, Dhaka Tribune reported.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Monday night gave his nod to form an interim government to run the country. (ANI)
-ANI
Here are the live updates:
7: pm: Muhammad Yunus to head interim govt in Bangladesh
5:00 pm: Air India will operate its evening flights AI237/238 on the Delhi-Dhaka-Delhi sector on 6 August 2024.
3:30 pm: Bangladesh Parliament dissolved ahead of interim government formation
3:15 pm: Former PM and Opposition leader Khaleda Zia walks out of jail, says party spokesperson
3:00 pm: Sheikh Hasina will stay in India for a few more days, say sources
2:50 pm: India monitoring situation with regard to minorities in Bangladesh: S Jaishankar in Rajya Sabha
12:30 pm: Following Sheikh Hasina's ouster, Bangladesh President orders release of ex-PM Khaleda Zia
Hours after Sheikh Hasina, her fierce adversary, was ousted and fled the nation, Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin issued an order for the release of Khaleda Zia, the imprisoned former prime minister and country's prominent opposition figure, reported Al Jazeera.
In a statement on Monday, the president's press team said that a meeting led by Shahabuddin had "decided unanimously to free Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia immediately."
11:35 am: People arrive in India from Bangladesh for their work crossing the Petrapole-Benapole border in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. Heavy Police force deployed at the border in the wake of violence in Bangladesh.
#WATCH | West Bengal: People arrive in India from Bangladesh for their work crossing the Petrapole-Benapole border in North 24 Parganas district. Heavy Police force deployed at the border in the wake of violence in Bangladesh. pic.twitter.com/eK9wjABL3X
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2024
11:22 am: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is not on board the C-130 J transport aircraft that took off today from the Hindon air base around 9 AM. The Bangladesh Air Force C-130J transport aircraft is flying with 7 military personnel in it towards its base in Bangladesh: Sources
11 am: Bangladesh crisis live updates: EAM S Jaishankar chairs all-party meeting, briefs leaders about developments
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday chaired an all-party meeting in Parliament and briefed the leaders about the ongoing developments in Bangladesh. Jaishankar briefed the leaders on how the issue had panned out in Bangladesh and the prevailing situation in the country. He also spoke about how Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina had moved to India and how India would take care of the Bangladeshi leader, sources from the all-party meeting told ANI.
9:10 am: Miscreants then set ablaze Member of Parliament for Raojan, ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury's residence at Patharghata, behind Kotwali police at around 5 pm (local time). People from all walks of life marched towards Chittagong, distributing sweets in celebration. After reports surfaced that Sheikh Hasina had departed from Bangladesh, people took to the streets to celebrate, Dhaka Tribune reported. A joyous procession began at 3 pm (local time), spreading through Muradpur, Agrabad, Dewanhat, Chowkbazar, GEC, Sholshahar, Kazir Dewri, Jamalkhan, Bahaddarhat, and every part of the city, the report said.
9:08 am: At least six police stations vandalised, set on fire by miscreants in Chittagong
Miscreants attacked, vandalised and set fire to at least six police stations in Chittagong, looting weapons, bullets and various equipment. In addition, Awami League leaders and activists' homes and officers were targeted, Dhaka Tribune reported.
-ANI
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