In Bangladesh, known as the land of rivers, Sheikh Hasina has faced the political situation by resigning from the post of Prime Minister.

Dhaka: Bangladesh, known as the land of rivers, faces a fluid political situation with Sheikh Hasina resigning as prime minister on August 5 amid growing protests. The protests began in early July over demands to reform the quota system that reserves civil service jobs for certain groups, including descendants of veterans of the 1971 war. The unrest escalated when students protested a new policy allocating government jobs to descendants of freedom fighters, including attacks on the state television headquarters and police booths in Dhaka. Check out the top 10 important updates here.

• Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as the head of the interim government on the night of August 8, just three days after Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Yunus is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur and founder of Grameen Bank, who won the Nobel Peace Prize. 2006 for his efforts in economic and social development through microcredit. Nobel Prize winning economist Muhammad Yunus (84) was sworn in as the country's chief adviser.
• Earlier on Saturday, Chief Justice of Bangladesh Obedul Hasan resigned after five days of Sheikh Hasina's rule. The 65-year-old chief justice announced his decision around 1:00 pm after anti-discrimination student protestors gathered on the Supreme Court premises. The students had given him and the Appellate Division judge an ultimatum to resign by 1:00 p.m.
• A total of seventeen members of Bangladesh's interim government were sworn in this week in Dhaka, with Muhammad Yunus sworn in as the country's chief adviser, a role equivalent to the prime minister. Sheikh Hasina's resignation in this swearing-in ceremony after President Mohammad Shahabuddin dissolved Parliament paved the way for an interim administration.
• Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rauf has resigned from his post.
• Large groups of people protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London and the White House in Washington against alleged violence targeting minority Hindus and others in Bangladesh.
• The Border Security Force (BSF) is on high alert along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam.
• Hasina, the 76-year-old daughter of Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has ruled the strategically located South Asian nation since 2009. She was elected for the fourth consecutive term and a record fifth term overall in the 12th general election held in January. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the main opposition party to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and her allies, boycotted.
• Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secretly fled the country in a military plane and arrived in India on 5 August 2024.
• Many people have died and many others have been injured in the ongoing crisis.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a committee headed by the Additional Director General (ADG) of the BSF Eastern Command to monitor the situation along the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB). The five-member committee is chaired by the Additional Director General of BSF, Eastern Command. Sharing a post on X, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “In view of the current situation in Bangladesh, the Modi government has constituted a committee to monitor the current situation along the Indo-Bangladesh border (IBB). The committee will maintain channels of communication with their counterpart authorities in Bangladesh to ensure the safety and security of Indian citizens, Hindus and other minority communities living there. The committee will be chaired by ADG, Border Security Force, Eastern Command.”

In view of the ongoing situation in Bangladesh, the Modi government has constituted a committee to monitor the current situation along the Indo-Bangladesh border (IBB). The committee will maintain communication channels with their counterparts in Bangladesh to ensure…

– Amit Shah (@AmitShah) 9 August 2024

(with input from agencies)