Bangladesh chief justice, central bank chief quit amid protests

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Bangladesh's chief justice and central bank governor have resigned, officials said on Saturday (Aug 10), as student protests that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee have widened to target more officials appointed during her time in office.   Read more at https://shorturl.at/3JyFc  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Bangladesh's Chief Justice and Central Bank Governor have resigned amid escalating student

00:07protests that have expanded to target high-ranking officials appointed during Prime Minister

00:13Sheikh Hasina's tenure.

00:15The unrest has already forced Hasina to flee the country.

00:18In a Facebook video post, Law Ministry Adviser Asif Nazrul revealed that Chief Justice Obaidul

00:24Hassan resigned after students threatened him with dire consequences if he did not step

00:29down.

00:30Meanwhile, Finance Ministry Adviser Salahuddin Ahmed told reporters that the resignation of

00:36Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Ruf Talukder has not yet been accepted due to the critical

00:42nature of his role.

00:43Just days earlier, four deputy governors were forced to resign following protests by 300

00:49to 400 bank officials who accused senior management of corruption.

00:54The unrest has also led to the resignation of Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor A.S.M.

01:00Maqsood Kamal.

01:02The university has been at the epicentre of deadly protests since July, initially sparked

01:08by anger over government job quotas.

01:11The movement has since evolved into a broader campaign aimed at ousting Prime Minister Hasina.

01:18Hasina has been sheltering in New Delhi, India since Monday after uprisings, which

01:22resulted in the deaths of about 300 people, mostly students, effectively ended her 15-year

01:28rule in Bangladesh.

01:30In response to the unrest, the country has undergone significant security changes, including

01:36the appointment of new leaders for the police, intelligence agency and senior military positions.

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