Bangladesh: Do young people trust the military? | DW News

A tense calm has returned to Bangladesh as the military takes control, a day after Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hanisa fled the country and announced her resignation after fifteen years in power.

Student protest leaders are expected to hold talks with the military to set out their demands for the formation of a new interim government. The students who spearheaded the uprising that toppled a prime minister say they won't accept military rule. Their pick for the country's new temporary leader is Nobel peace prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, who has reportedly agreed to be an advisor. It follows a day of chaos and disorder in which at least 109 people were killed. After Prime Minister Hasina fled to India, crowds stormed her official residence, engaging in widespread looting.

For more on this we talk to journalist Kaniz Fatema. She works at the English daily Dhaka Tribune.

We also talk to DW Asia's Arafatul Islam, DW's Shalu Yadav and to Subah Tun Noor, a Student from Chittagong in Bangladesh. She was part of the protests that toppled the government of Sheikh Hasina.

And we talk to talk to journalist Suhasini Haider. She's Diplomatic Editor of the Hindu newspaper.

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