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TexasTowelie

(116,413 posts) Mon Aug 5, 2024, 05:48 AM Aug 5

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled country - ABC News (Australia)

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned following months of deadly protests.

Military chief Waker-Uz-Zaman confirmed reports she left the Bangladesh capital for a "place of safety". He said an interim government would run the country following her resignation.

Local media reports thousands of people have entered the prime minister's residence.

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BBC: Why would Hasina head for India? muriel_volestrangler Aug 5 #1

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1. BBC: Why would Hasina head for India?

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Mon Aug 5, 2024, 05:58 AM

Aug 5

According to reports, the “safe place” Sheikh Hasina is headed to is its giant neighbour – India.
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During her time in power, Hasina clamped down on anti-India militant groups in Bangladesh, winning friends in Delhi. She has also given transit rights to India to make sure goods from its mainland make it to those states.

Hasina, who forged close ties with India ever since she was first elected in 1996, has always justified Dhaka’s close relationship with Delhi.
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But her closeness to Delhi – and India’s backing of her - has been criticised by the opposition parties and activists who say India should be backing the people of Bangladesh and not a particular party.

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