Bangladesh’s longstanding Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has finally evacuated the country against the backdrop of bloody protests. Deng saw the climax in early February after the military, supported by the armed forces, decided not to support Hasina in quelling the protests.
As stated in the sources, the army chief, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, said to Hasina that people would not be shot for violating the cordon and search operation she ordered throughout the country.
In practical terms, this amounted to a declaration that Hasina no longer had the military behind her – with at least 91 killed during the Sunday’s fighting, the bloodiest day of the protests since the violence started in July.
The protests were sparked by a court decision that set a portion of the government jobs aside for certain demographic groups but had degenerated into actions to remove the long-establish president. Former military men claimed that the size of the rally and increasing deaths made it impractical for the army to stand by Hasina’s vindictive regime.
Hasina, who has been Bangladesh’s Prime Minister for over 10 years in the last 30 years, has now fled to India, the move arranged by India’s National Security Advisor. The dramatic events have placed Bangladesh up for some sort of movement, so the protest movement is now asking for the formation of an interim government.
