Dhaka:
Day after protests in Bangaldesh pressured Sheikh Hasina to resign because the prime minister, college students have now focused the Supreme Court docket and are demanding the resignation of all judges, together with the Chief Justice.
A whole bunch of protesters, largely comprising college students, have surrounded the Bangladesh Supreme Court docket, demanding the speedy resignation of Chief Justice. The scenario escalated quickly, with reviews suggesting the Chief Justice might have fled the premises.
The protests have been sparked by a full-court assembly referred to as by the Chief Justice with out consulting the newly fashioned interim authorities. Scholar protestors alleged that the judges of the court docket are a part of a conspiracy, prompting outrage and calls for for accountability.
As tensions mounted, the scheduled full-court assembly was abruptly referred to as off. Protestors, undeterred, continued to besiege the Supreme Court docket, giving the Chief Justice a one-hour ultimatum to step down.
The recent protests come days after a student-led rebellion in opposition to authorities hiring guidelines resulted in Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus taking cost of a caretaker authorities.
No less than 450 individuals have been killed in additional than a month of lethal protests that ended the autocratic rule of 76-year-old prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Hasina faces allegations of homicide, pressured disappearance, cash laundering and corruption, and should face the legislation, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, a senior member of Bangladesh Nationalist Social gathering mentioned.
Hasina, one in all Asia’s longest-serving leaders, resigned and fled Bangladesh on August 5 beneath stress from hundreds of thousands of protesters who had taken to the streets for weeks to demand she step down.
An interim authorities was appointed in Bangladesh Thursday, led by Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus. Underneath the structure, an election must be referred to as inside 90 days, though Yunus, the navy – which backs the interim authorities – and the president have not commented on when elections shall be held.
