Protesters back on Dhaka streets, want president to resign
The Morning Standard|October 24, 2024
POLITICAL tension in Bangladesh was growing on Wednesday after a leading student group called for the country's figurehead president to resign over comments he made that appeared to call into question former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation in August.
Protesters back on Dhaka streets, want president to resign

The interim government was expected to hold a Cabinet meeting to discuss the issue on Thursday.

The student group, known as the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, set a two-day deadline for President Mohammed Shahabuddin to step down. Hundreds of protesters rallied in the capital, Dhaka, on Tuesday while hundreds of others attempted to storm the presidential palace, Bangabhaban.

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