(5 Aug 2024)
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ARCHIVE: Sylhet, Bangladesh - 20 December 2023
1. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with her sister, Sheikh Rehana, waving Bangladeshi flag
2. Hasina exchanges greetings with Awami League party leaders
3. Supporters waving Bangladeshi flag
4. Close of Hasina
5. Hasina with her sister walking towards the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal for prayer before joining campaign rally
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ARCHIVE: Dhaka, Bangladesh - 4 August 2024
6. Various of ruling Awami League party supporters and student protesters throwing objects at each other
7. injured protester on rickshaw
8. Students carrying an injured person
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ARCHIVE: New Delhi, India - 8 April 2017
9. Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hands
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ARCHIVE: Beijing, China - 4 July 2019
10. Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inspecting the guard of honor
11. Wide of signing ceremony
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ARCHIVE: Dhaka, Bangladesh – 7 January 2019
12. Various of swearing in of Hasina as prime minister
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ARCHIVE: Dhaka, Bangladesh - 19 January 2019
13. Awami League supporters waving flags
14. Hasina clapping during 2018 election victory rally
STORYLINE:
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday, ending 15 years in power as thousands of protesters defied a military curfew and stormed her official residence.
Shortly after local media showed the embattled leader boarding a military helicopter with her sister, Bangladesh’s military chief Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman announced plans to seek the president's guidance on forming an interim government.
He promised that the military would stand down, and to launch an investigation into the deadly crackdowns that fueled outrage against the government, and asked citizens for time to restore peace.
The protests began peacefully as frustrated students demanded an end to a quota system for government jobs, but the demonstrations have since morphed into an unprecedented challenge and uprising against Hasina and her ruling Awami League party.
The government attempted to quell the violence with force, leaving nearly 300 people dead and fueling further outrage and calls for Hasina to step down.
At least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died in clashes in the capital on Sunday, according to the country's leading Bengali-language daily newspaper, Prothom Alo. Hundreds more were injured in the violence.
At least 11,000 people have been arrested in recent weeks.
The unrest has also resulted in the closure of schools and universities across the country, and authorities at one point imposed a shoot-on-sight curfew.
Hasina offered to talk with student leaders on Saturday, but a coordinator refused and announced a one-point demand for her resignation.
Hasina repeated her pledges to investigate the deaths and punish those responsible for the violence. She said she was ready to sit down whenever the protesters want.
The 76-year-old was elected for a fourth consecutive term in a January vote that was boycotted by her main opponents, triggering questions over how free and fair the vote was.
Thousands of opposition members were jailed in the lead-up to the polls, which the government defended as democratically held.
Today, she is the longest-serving leader in the history of Bangladesh, a predominantly Muslim nation of over 160 million people strategically located between India and Myanmar.
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