Bangladesh Student Protest LIVE Updates: 06August,2024 Army chief to meet student protesters today; Khaleda Zia to walk free

Its army chief is due to meet leaders of student protest on August 6, Bangladesh waited with bated breath for a new government to take shape after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left following a violent uprising.

“We won’t accept any government other than the one we recommended”, said Nahid Islam, a lead organizer of the student movement in a video shared on his Facebook page with three other organizers. “We will not accept any government given or run by the army.

People involve in Student Protest gather at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s founding father and parent of the country’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after it was torched by anti-government protestors in Dhaka on August 6, 2024. Relatives of political prisoners secretly jailed in Bangladesh under the autocratic rule of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina waited anxiously on August 6, for news of their family members, as some of those missing were released.

Meanwhile, the Central government has scheduled an all-party meeting on August 6 to update Opposition leaders about the situation in Bangladesh Because of student Protest . Key figures such as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju are expected to attend the meeting, which will take place at Parliament House.

On August 5, thousands of demonstrators stormed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official residence and other properties linked to her party and family. Later that day, Ms. Hasina arrived at Hindon Air Force Station near Delhi. She has requested asylum in the U.K., accompanied by her sister Rehana, a U.K. citizen, according to sources from The Hindu.