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Bangladesh Army Chief Vacruzarman announced Sheikh Hasina’s resignation as prime minister and left the capital Dhaka by helicopter.
Speaking on state television, Wakr Zaman called on citizens to trust the army and stop the violence, and stressed that negotiations were underway on the formation of an interim transitional government.
The army commander pledged to restore peace in the country and conduct an investigation into all killings that took place in the past few weeks, indicating that there is no longer a need for a curfew or any emergency measures in the country.
“Representatives of the main political parties were present in the discussions with the army,” he said, adding: “Give us some time and we will find a solution… I call on the students to calm down and return to their homes.”
A day of bloody clashes across the country left 300 people dead as student activists defied a nationwide curfew announced by the government yesterday (Sunday) and called for a march to the capital Dhaka to force Hasina to resign.
The reason for the Bangladeshi students’ protest is the restoration of the quota system for civil service admissions, which complicates the employability of a large number of university graduates.
Under the quota system, people from families of participants in Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence, representatives of ethnic and religious minorities, and underrepresented regions and people with disabilities in the civil service have an advantage in getting government jobs.
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