Bangladesh protests: PM Sheikh Hasina resigns, interim government to be formed

Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. FILE| REUTERS

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and fled the country, as more people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation more than five decades ago.

Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced Hasina's resignation in a televised address to the nation and said an interim government would be formed.