01:05Hundreds gathered outside the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office in Dhaka on Tuesday following the resignation and departure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Hasina resigned on Monday and fled to India while Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced that an interim government would be formed after thousands of demonstrators stormed Hasina's official residence, ending her 15-year term.
It comes after weeks of escalating violence across the country amid student protests over a quota system reserving 30 percent of government jobs for families of veterans from Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War.
The protests resulted in over 200 deaths, sparking a broader campaign demanding Hasina's resignation and justice for those killed.
Opposition supporters expect the new government to be announced today.
Hundreds gather outside Bangladesh Nationalist Party office in Dhaka after PM Hasina's resignation
Hundreds gathered outside the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office in Dhaka on Tuesday following the resignation and departure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Hasina resigned on Monday and fled to India while Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced that an interim government would be formed after thousands of demonstrators stormed Hasina's official residence, ending her 15-year term.
It comes after weeks of escalating violence across the country amid student protests over a quota system reserving 30 percent of government jobs for families of veterans from Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War.
The protests resulted in over 200 deaths, sparking a broader campaign demanding Hasina's resignation and justice for those killed.
Opposition supporters expect the new government to be announced today.
Hundreds gathered outside the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) office in Dhaka on Tuesday following the resignation and departure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Hasina resigned on Monday and fled to India while Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced that an interim government would be formed after thousands of demonstrators stormed Hasina's official residence, ending her 15-year term.
It comes after weeks of escalating violence across the country amid student protests over a quota system reserving 30 percent of government jobs for families of veterans from Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War.
The protests resulted in over 200 deaths, sparking a broader campaign demanding Hasina's resignation and justice for those killed.
Opposition supporters expect the new government to be announced today.