College students conflict with police throughout a protest over a controversial quota system for presidency job candidates in Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 18.
Anik Rahman/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Anik Rahman/AP
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down after tens of hundreds of protestors converged within the capital Dhaka demanding her resignation.
This follows the weeks of protests over job quotas that noticed clashes between protestors and ruling occasion supporters, and a number of other cases of police brutality. The demise toll from the crackdown bumped into lots of, and precipitated requires Hasina’s resignation.
On Monday night, the nation’s military chief Waker-Uz-Zaman in a televised tackle introduced the formation of an interim authorities. He referred to as for peace and promised justice for the households of these killed.
As information of Hasina’s exit unfold, jubilant protestors stormed her residence and looted furnishings, TVs and fish. Some additionally vandalized a statue of her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, higher often called the ‘father of the nation’ for main its independence from Pakistan in 1971.
Hasina and her Awami League Get together dominated Bangladesh since 2009. Whereas the nation skilled a wholesome financial development on this interval, critics accused her of manipulating elections and persecuting her political opponents.
On Monday night, many Indian media shops reported that she had flown to New Delhi and could be looking for political asylum in London.
Cultural activists and members of civil society are portray on an area bus as they’re staging a track march on July 30.
Ahmed Salahuddin/NurPhoto through Reuters
cover caption
toggle caption
Ahmed Salahuddin/NurPhoto through Reuters
Activists shout slogans throughout a protest to demand justice on July 31.
Rajib Dhar/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Rajib Dhar/AP
Protesters climb a public monument as they have a good time the information of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation on August 5.
Rajib Dhar/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Rajib Dhar/AP
Males run previous a shopping mall which was set on fireplace by protesters throughout a rally on August 4.
Rajib Dhar/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Rajib Dhar/AP
Bangladesh police are struggling with protesters as they’re demanding justice for the victims killed within the current countrywide violence on July 31.
Kazi Salahuddin Razu/Reuters
cover caption
toggle caption
Kazi Salahuddin Razu/Reuters
Protestors proceed their demonstration for the abolition of the quota system in authorities jobs, on August 5.
Niamul Rifat/Anadolu through Getty Pictures
cover caption
toggle caption
Niamul Rifat/Anadolu through Getty Pictures
Bangladeshi Muslims are praying at a mosque for the deceased who died in indiscriminate killings on July 26.
Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/Reuters
cover caption
toggle caption
Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/Reuters
Individuals collect to have a good time the autumn of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after an intense conflict between police, pro-government forces, and anti-Quota protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5.
Anik Rahman/Center East Pictures/AFP through Getty Pictures
cover caption
toggle caption
Anik Rahman/Center East Pictures/AFP through Getty Pictures
A rickshaw puller rides within the smoke brought on by a burning buying middle which was set on fireplace by protesters on August 4.
Rajib Dhar/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Rajib Dhar/AP
College students beat a policeman with sticks throughout a protest on July 18
Anik Rahman/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Anik Rahman/AP
Individuals injured throughout final month’s violent demonstrations recuperate at Nationwide Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Hospital on August 2.
Rajib Dhar/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Rajib Dhar/AP
Activists participate in a protest as they demand justice for victims arrested and killed within the current countrywide violence on August 2.
Anik Rahman/Center East Pictures/AFP through Getty Pictures
cover caption
toggle caption
Anik Rahman/Center East Pictures/AFP through Getty Pictures
A passerby talks to police throughout a curfew imposed after scores have been killed and lots of injured in clashes over the allocation of civil service jobs on July 21.
Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP
Firefighters and folks work to douse a hearth that broke out and burnt a number of autos at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College on August 4.
Sazzad Hossain/SOPA Pictures through Reuters
cover caption
toggle caption
Sazzad Hossain/SOPA Pictures through Reuters
An injured protester is being introduced for therapy at Dhaka Medical School Hospital throughout a conflict with police and protesters on August 4.
Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/NurPhoto through Getty Pictures
cover caption
toggle caption
Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/NurPhoto through Getty Pictures
Protesters attempt to demolish a big statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of Bangladesh chief Sheikh Hasina, after she resigned as Prime Ministe on August 5.
Rajib Dhar/AP
cover caption
toggle caption
Rajib Dhar/AP
