Bangladesh President ordered the discharge of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia hours after Sheikh Hasina fled.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left the nation amid widespread protests demanding her resignation. The clashes broke out on Sunday morning when protesters attending the non-cooperation programme beneath the banner of the Students Against Discrimination with the one-point demand of Hasina’s resignation over a job quota system confronted opposition from the supporters of the ruling Awami League, Chhatra League, and Jubo League activists.
In the view of regulation and order state of affairs in Bangladesh, BSF points excessive alert alongside the India-Bangladesh border. BSF DG has additionally reached Kolkata, mentioned a senior BSF officer.
At least 101 individuals, together with 14 policemen, had been killed in clashes on Sunday, main Bengali-language newspaper Prothom Alo reported.
The violence pressured authorities to chop off cell web and implement a nationwide curfew for an indefinite interval.
The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement has rescheduled their “Long March to Dhaka” to be held on Monday, a day sooner than initially deliberate.
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10 pm: Curfew imposed in Bangladesh from 1 am tonight until 6 am Tuesday.
All instructional establishments together with authorities, semi-government, autonomous, semi-autonomous, non-public establishments, factories, colleges, schools, madrasas, and universities will open in Bangladesh from Tuesday morning.
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7.10 pm: NSA Ajit Doval meets Sheikh Hasina at Hindon Airport
7 pm: LoP Rahul Gandhi met EAM S Jaishankar within the Lok Sabha and spoke relating to Bangladesh developments
6.20 pm: After Air India, Indigo additionally cancelled flights to Dhaka. All scheduled flights will stay cancelled until tomorrow.
6 pm: India suspends all practice providers with Bangladesh amid spiralling unrest
5.40 pm: Sheikh Hasina lands in India. She reportedly landed at Hindon Air Force Station in UP’s Ghaziabad.
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4.40 pm: Former Bangladesh PM Hasina reportedly leaves for London through India.
The determination was taken throughout an pressing assembly amid rising issues within the nation, Asif Mahmud, a coordinator of the motion, mentioned in a press launch issued on Sunday night time.
“In an urgent decision to review the situation, our ‘March to Dhaka’ program has been changed from August 6 to August 5. In other words, we are calling on students from all over the country to travel to Dhaka tomorrow (Monday),” he mentioned.
“The final battle has come. It is time to make the final signature of this student citizen uprising. Come to Dhaka to be a part of history. Students will create a new Bangladesh,” Asif added, asking most people to hitch it.
The Awami League’s deliberate mourning procession on Monday has been cancelled as a result of a curfew. There was skinny site visitors on roads in varied areas within the capital on Monday morning.
According to a authorities press launch on Sunday, terrorist assaults are happening in varied locations. Strict motion will probably be taken towards the terrorist attackers.
A 3-day basic vacation has been declared within the nation from Monday.
India has suggested all its nationals to keep away from travelling to Bangladesh till additional discover as a result of ongoing violence.
With company inputs
