Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India sparking euphoria and looting by tens of thousands of protesters who led a campaign against her 15-year rule. In Delhi, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar confirmed her escape as diplomats said the 76-year-old Hasina, who had been in office for 20 years, could seek asylum in Britain. The country’s first woman prime minister Khaleda Zia who led the opposition Bangladesh National Party (BNP) was set free. Accept Manage my choices"I call upon the people of Bangladesh to display restraint and calm in the midst of this transitional moment on our democratic path," Rahman said in a X post Tuesday. ReactionsThe US hailed the army for its display of "restraint" and said an interim government should be formed.
