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Dhaka, Bangladesh: Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters, many armed with sticks, gathered in a central square in Dhaka on Sunday (Aug 4) for a massive protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following a deadly police crackdown.
Asif Mahmood, one of the main protest leaders of the nationwide civil disobedience movement, asked his supporters to prepare for a fight.
“Get bamboo poles ready, liberate Bangladesh,” he wrote on Facebook on Sunday.
While the army stepped in to help restore order after earlier protests, some former officers later joined the student movement, with former army chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan changing his Facebook profile picture to red in a show of support.
Addressing officers at the military headquarters in Dhaka on Saturday, the incumbent army chief Waqar Uzi Zaman told them that “Bangladesh Army is a symbol of people’s trust”.
“The military always stands on the side of the people and will do so for the benefit of the people and whatever the country needs,” the military said in a statement released late Saturday.
The statement did not provide further details or make clear whether the military supported the protests.
Rally against civil service quotas Initiation July Chaos Days The riots, which left more than 200 people dead, were among the worst during Hasina’s 15-year term.
The army briefly restored order, but Crowds return to the streets This week, large numbers of protesters launched a full-scale non-cooperation movement aimed at paralyzing the government.
As hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Dhaka on Saturday, police mostly stood by and watched the rally.
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