A few hours after the Prime Minister fled, the PresidentMohammed Shahabuddin, ordered on Monday, August 5, the release of former Prime Minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, as well as those arrested during the protests. A meeting chaired by the head of state “unanimously decided to immediately release Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia”and of “all those arrested during the student protests”according to a press release published by the head of state’s services. Follow our live stream.
At least 56 people have been killed in fresh violence in the capital. Following a Sunday marked by violence that left around a hundred dead, the capital was once again the scene of deadly clashes on Monday: at least 55 people lost their lives there, and another in the port city of Chittagong, police and hospital sources reported to AFP.
The Prime Minister resigned and fled the country. Sheikh Hasina, who served as prime minister for 15 years, has resigned, the army chief announced. Waker-Uz-Zaman in a televised address on Monday, adding his intention to “form an intermediate government.” “The country has suffered a lot, the economy has been hit, many people have been killed. It is time to end the violence”explained the general.
At least 300 dead in one month. According to an AFP tally based on data from police, officials and doctors at hospitals, clashes between opponents of Sheikh Hasina and government supporters have left at least 300 people dead since the movement began a month ago. On Sunday, 94 people were killed in new clashes across the country, including at least 14 police officers, according to a police spokesman.