Euphoria in Bangladesh after PM flees country
Newshour
BBC
4.4 • 984 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and fled to India after weeks of unrest - the army chief says an interim government will be formed. Also on the programme, Nearly 400 people have been arrested after a series of violent protests erupted across the UK last Tuesday; and, a presidential candidate solves a ten-year bear mystery.
(Photo: People climb the statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bijoy Sarani area, as they celebrate the resignation of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 5, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain TPX)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to News Hour on the BBC World Service with me Sean Lay. |
| 0:09.1 | Hours after the long serving Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheka Scena resigned and fled by helicopter to India. |
| 0:16.1 | Reuters News Agency reported that she may shortly be on her way to London. |
| 0:21.2 | The army announced that Khalideh Azia, I'm sorry to say that again, Halida |
| 0:26.2 | Zayia, an ex- Prime Minister jailed on her scene as watch, was being freed. This along with many |
| 0:32.4 | of those arrested during the weeks of protest |
| 0:35.2 | which preceded today's dramatic developments. Well there's no footage of the Prime Minister's flight but there is of what |
| 0:47.0 | followed thousands of people flooding into her official residence some |
| 0:50.8 | delightedly holding up things like her dinner service. |
| 0:54.0 | Outside people waved flags, some were dancing on top of a tank. |
| 0:58.0 | These students, whose protests over quotas which privileged descendants of the independence generation of the 1971 war |
| 1:04.7 | which created Bangladesh voiced their joy at Asina's departure. |
| 1:09.2 | This is not just the end of the Tynd Sheikh has seen. With this we put an end to the mafia |
| 1:15.2 | state that she has created. We put an end to the corporate left-of-coches that she has |
| 1:19.7 | put on it. We don't want a military government. What we need is a civilian's |
| 1:24.8 | starter. We need a civilian's government and we are going to ensure it. We are getting |
| 1:28.7 | what we deserve, what 16,000 or 18-c row people of this country deserves. |
| 1:34.8 | Everyone is happy, everyone is fearful, everyone is celebrating. |
| 1:39.2 | This has to be a historical day. |
| 1:41.2 | Reaction on the streets of Dhaka to the departure of Prime Minister Sheikh Casino. |
| 1:45.6 | Well I've been speaking to our South Asia Regional Editor Amber Asen Etherajan. |
| 1:50.9 | One of my colleagues messaged me earlier in the day, history was unfolding. |
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