INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and left the country amid some of the worst violence since the birth of the
south Asian country more than 50 years ago
The country's army chief, Waker-Uz-Zaman, announced he was assuming control at 'a critical time for our country' and would establish an
interim government.Hasina, who has ruled Bangladesh since 2009, fled by helicopter shortly after protesters had stormed her residence in the
capital, Dhaka.The protests began over a quota system that was said to disproportionately allocate government jobs to the descendants of
freedom fighters from the 1971 independence war
quota law.Agence France-Presse reported that there had been 94 deaths on Sunday
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
