Protesters behind the ouster of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina now want President Mohammed Shahabuddin gone too.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Hundreds of protesters in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, attempted to storm the presidential
00:05palace, demanding the president's resignation.
00:09The protesters are angry about an interview President Mohamed Shahabuddin gave to a tabloid.
00:15In it, he said he was uncertain whether former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had actually
00:19resigned before fleeing to India in August following mass protests against her.
00:25A student group behind Hasina's ouster took to the streets again, besieging the presidential
00:30palace and calling for the president to go as well.
00:34Protests have also spread beyond the capital to other parts of the country.