Over 100,000 demand Hasina’s resignation in Dhaka protests

The rallies occurred amid corruption and human rights abuse allegations against the premier’s government.

Bangladesh’s prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been in power for 15 years and has overseen rapid economic growth in the country.

Hasina – daughter of the country’s founding leader – has been in power for 15 years and has overseen rapid economic growth with Bangladesh overtaking neighbouring India in gross domestic product per capita. However, inflation has risen and her government has been accused of corruption and human rights abuses.

“Vote thief, vote thief, Sheikh Hasina vote thief,” chanted the crowd at the BNP demonstration in front of the party headquarters. That event had been banned by police and hundreds of officers in riot gear blocked off a key intersection, but about 3,000 protesters broke through the cordon, an AFP correspondent at the scene saw.

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