After protests, Bangladeshi PM resigns, flees
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Interim govt. to be formed – Army chief
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh has resigned and fled the country after anti-government protests in which hundreds of people were killed.
Bangladesh’s Army chief has just made a televised address to the nation.
Waker-uz-Zaman said an interim government would be formed. He added he was going to meet President Mohammed Shahabuddin, and was hoping that a “solution” would be found by the end of the day.
The army chief said he had already spoken to the country’s opposition political parties.
It is not clear who will head the government.
And Waker-uz-Zaman also vowed “justice” for all the Bangladeshi people – something protesters have been demanding following the deaths of hundreds of people over the last few weeks.
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