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By Desmond Nleya
Following weeks of violent protests and unrests, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled to India, according multiple media reports.
She took off in a military helicopter to India.
Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters stormed the palace of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, with a source telling AFP she had fled mass demonstrations demanding she quit.
Bangladesh’s Channel 24 broadcast images of crowds running into the premier’s official residence in the capital, waving to the camera as they celebrated.
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