:Non-cooperation movement (2024)

The events on August 5 were referred to by various names, notably, The Siege of Ganabhaban, Ganabhaban Bijoy and Fath-e-Ganabhaban, following the storming of Ganabhaban in Dhaka.{{cite web|title=Protesters enter Ganabhaban|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/protesters-enter-gono-bhaban-3669961|website=The Daily Star|date=5 August 2024}}

Abu Shadik Kayem, a coordinator of Students Against Discrimination was one of the first to refer to the event as Fath-e-Ganabhaban, which he stated,

{{Cquote|quote = "The legacy of Fath-e-Makkah, Fath-e-Bangala, and Fath-e-Kustuntiniyya has led us to achieve Fath-e-Ganabhaban."{{cite web|title=Student leader Shadik Kayem on July 36|url=https://www.bhorerkagoj.com/jamat/739133|website=Bhorer Kagoj|date=23 September 2024}}{{cite web|title=The Victory of 36th July Was a Result of Collective Contribution: Shadik Kayem|url=https://banglahour.com/article/7711|website=Bangla Hour|date=24 September 2024}}

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{{Further|2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement|July massacre}}

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During the quota reform movement in 2024, participants—particularly students—faced resistance, mass arrests, and massacre and severe injuries at the hands of police and other security forces. Six coordinators of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement, who were leading the initial quota reform movement, were also detained and were forcefully made to announce the conclusion of the protests by the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). These events and authoritarianism fuelled people's anger against the government. On the morning of 3 August, one of the movement coordinators, Asif Mahmud, stated in a Facebook post that they would start a "non-cooperation movement" against the government, saying that it would be similar to that of "March '71".{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/live/cgrlrjlj9drt?post=asset%3A42c956f7-9785-43f6-bfe7-41016b7562cd#asset:42c956f7-9785-43f6-bfe7-41016b7562cd|title=অসহযোগ আন্দোলন নিয়ে শিক্ষার্থীদের ১৫টি নির্দেশনা|language=bn|website=BBC Bangla|date=3 August 2024|access-date=3 August 2024|archive-date=3 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803075022/https://www.bbc.com/bengali/live/cgrlrjlj9drt?post=asset:42c956f7-9785-43f6-bfe7-41016b7562cd#asset:42c956f7-9785-43f6-bfe7-41016b7562cd|url-status=live}} In the afternoon, Prime Minister Hasina proposed talks with the protesters, saying that "The doors of Ganabhaban (her official residence) are open".{{Cite web |date=2024-08-04 |title=18 killed, dozens injured as protestors and Awami League supporters clash in Bangladesh |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/18-killed-dozens-injured-as-protestors-and-awami-league-supporters-clash-in-bangladesh/3573428/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805155112/https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/18-killed-dozens-injured-as-protestors-and-awami-league-supporters-clash-in-bangladesh/3573428/ |archive-date=5 August 2024 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=The Financial Express (India) |language=en}}

The Anti-discrimination Students Movement previously called for day-long protest programmes on 3 August. After day-long protests, students and ordinary people gathered at the central Shaheed Minar area with protest marches from different parts of Dhaka.{{Cite web|language=bn|title=স্লোগানে উত্তাল কেন্দ্রীয় শহীদ মিনার এলাকা|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/hz1crrbp5u|website=Prothom Alo|date=3 August 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024|archive-date=3 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803121958/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/hz1crrbp5u|url-status=live}} At around 5:30 p.m., Nahid Islam, one of the coordinators, addressed the assembled crowd at Shaheed Minar and announced that the movement's exclusive demand was the resignation of Hasina and her cabinet. He also called for a comprehensive non-cooperation movement starting from 4 August{{Cite web|date=2024-08-03|language=bn|title=শহীদ মিনার থেকে এক দফা ঘোষণা শিক্ষার্থীদের|url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/1370638.details|website=banglanews24.com|access-date=4 August 2024|archive-date=3 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803121958/https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/1370638.details|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/its-now-one-point-demand-3668751|title=It's now one point|website=The Daily Star|date=3 August 2024|access-date=3 August 2024|archive-date=3 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803122001/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/its-now-one-point-demand-3668751|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2024-08-03|language=bn|title=শহীদ মিনার থেকে এক দফা দাবি|url=https://bangla.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news-602421|website=The Daily Star|access-date=4 August 2024|archive-date=7 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807133545/https://bangla.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news-602421|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/353558/one-point-demand-protesters-call-for-pm-hasina-to|title=One-point demand: Protesters call for PM Hasina to step down|website=Dhaka Tribune|date=3 August 2024}} and announced that they had no plans to negotiate with the government. He added that "we were forcefully offered to sit in talks with the Prime Minister. But we protested against this proposal by going on a hunger strike in DB custody."{{Cite news|date=2024-08-03|language=bn|title=সরকারের সঙ্গে আলোচনায় বসার পরিকল্পনা নেই: আন্দোলনের অন্যতম সমন্বয়ক নাহিদ|url=https://bangla.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/quota-protest/news-602226|website=The Daily Star|access-date=3 August 2024|archive-date=3 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803081730/https://bangla.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/quota-protest/news-602226|url-status=live}}

Directions of non-cooperation were outlined by the Anti-discrimination Students Movement coordinators on 3 August:{{cite web|url=https://mzamin.com/news.php?news=121278|title=সর্বাত্মক অসহযোগ আন্দোলন শুরু|date=4 August 2024|website=Manab Zamin|access-date=16 August 2024|archive-date=4 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804043406/https://mzamin.com/news.php?news=121278|url-status=live}}

• No taxes or duties will be paid.
• No bills, including electricity, gas, and water bills, will be paid.
• All government and private institutions, offices, courts, and mills will remain closed; no one will go to work.
• All educational institutions will remain closed.
• Expatriates will not send remittance through banking channels.
• All government meetings, seminars, and events will be boycotted.
• Port workers will not attend work; no product will be processed.
• All factories will remain closed; garment workers will not go to work.
• Mass transportation will remain closed.
• Banks will be open every Sunday only for urgent personal transactions.
• Police will not perform protocol duty, riot duty, or any special duty other than routine duty. Only station police will perform routine work.
• All offshore transactions will be halted to prevent any money from being smuggled out.
• Forces other than the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Navy will not perform duty outside the cantonment. The BGB and the Navy will remain in barracks and coastal areas.
• Bureaucrats will not go to the secretariat, and district commissioners or Upazila Nirbahi Officers will not go to their respective offices.
• Luxury stores, showrooms, shops, hotels, and restaurants will remain closed. However, hospitals, pharmacies, medicine and medical equipment transportation services, ambulance services, fire services, mass media, transportation of daily necessities, emergency internet services, emergency relief assistance, and transportation services for officials and employees in these sectors will continue. Grocery stores will be open from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

{{See also|Timeline of July Revolution (Bangladesh)}}

File:One point movement of Bangladesh in Notre Dame College 125.jpg-like depiction of Sheikh Hasina, a figure reminiscent of a similar portrayal of Yahya Khan from 1971.]]

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On 4 August, thousands of protesters gathered at the Shahbag intersection in the morning, obstructing it as a form of civil disobedience to demand the government's resignation.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-04 |title=Thousands of protesters demonstrate at Shahbagh for one-point demand |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/thousands-protesters-demonstrate-shahbagh-one-point-demand-3669301 |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |language=en |archive-date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804054404/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/thousands-protesters-demonstrate-shahbagh-one-point-demand-3669301 |url-status=live }}

At least 97 people died nationwide in confrontations, shootings, and pursuits related to the Non-cooperation movement. Fourteen police officers were killed across the country, with 13 deaths occurring at the Enayetpur police station in Sirajganj. Another officer was killed in Eliotganj, Comilla.{{Cite web|date=2024-08-04|title=Non-cooperation movement: At least 97 die across country on a day of carnage|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/9j3xoglcfq|access-date=2024-08-04|website=Prothom Alo|language=en|archive-date=4 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804173717/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/9j3xoglcfq|url-status=live}} Twenty-seven police facilities were attacked and vandalized, and a hundred policemen were injured in these incidents, according to an official statement by the Bangladesh Police.{{Cite news|language=bn|title=২৭টি থানায় হামলা, ১৪ পুলিশ সদস্য নিহত, ৩০০ জনের বেশি আহত|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/1ua7ybncib|access-date=2024-08-04|website=Prothom Alo|archive-date=4 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804181148/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/1ua7ybncib|url-status=live}}

In Dhaka, unidentified individuals set fire to and damaged various vehicles, including cars, ambulances, motorcycles, and buses, at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University during the protests.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-04 |title=Vehicles vandalised, torched at BSMMU |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/vehicles-vandalised-torched-bsmmu-3669331 |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=The Daily Star |language=en |archive-date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804070559/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/vehicles-vandalised-torched-bsmmu-3669331 |url-status=live }} Around 4.30 p.m., eleventh-grade student Golam Nafiz was shot by the police in Dhaka Farmgate area, whose photo of being taken to the hospital on rickshaw went viral on internet, creating high outrage by netizens.{{cite web|first=Mansura|last=Hossain|title=Nafiz was still alive on the way to hospital after being shot|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/deq62xtoct|website=Prothom Alo|date=13 August 2024}} By 12:00 p.m., users across the country reported internet inaccessibility.{{Cite news |title=কর্তৃপক্ষের নির্দেশে মোবাইল ইন্টারনেট বন্ধ: অপারেটরদের বিবৃতি |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/5h6t8ay1rl |website=Prothom Alo |language=bn |access-date=4 August 2024 |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805012026/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/5h6t8ay1rl |url-status=live }} The government ordered the closure of Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, and all other Meta-owned services, directing internet service providers to comply after 1:00 p.m.{{Cite web |last=প্রতিবেদক |first=নিজস্ব |date=2024-08-04 |title=ফেসবুক, মেসেঞ্জার, হোয়াটসঅ্যাপ ও ইনস্টাগ্রাম বন্ধের নির্দেশ |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/glx4sc1frw |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Prothom Alo |language=bn |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807142949/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/glx4sc1frw |url-status=live }} Later, the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Mohammad A. Arafat confirmed that some social media platforms were temporarily blocked to prevent the spread of rumors amid protests.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/241641/mobile-internet-shut-down-across-bangladesh-again|title=Mobile internet shut down across Bangladesh again|website=New Age|date=4 August 2024|access-date=4 August 2024|archive-date=4 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804202253/https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/241641/mobile-internet-shut-down-across-bangladesh-again|url-status=live}} An indefinite nationwide curfew was imposed starting at 6:00 p.m.{{cite news |date=4 August 2024 |title=Curfew for indefinite period from 6pm today |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/qtaq13egnf |work=Prothom Alo |language=en |access-date=4 August 2024 |archive-date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804142854/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/qtaq13egnf |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-04 |title=কোটা আন্দোলন: 'সর্বাত্মক অসহযোগ আন্দোলনের' প্রথম দিন |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/live/cz5rryvz63lt |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=BBC News বাংলা |language=bn |archive-date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804101337/https://www.bbc.com/bengali/live/cz5rryvz63lt |url-status=live }} Additionally, all courts were also ordered to close indefinitely.{{Cite news |title=All courts to remain closed indefinitely |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/court/353682/all-courts-to-remain-closed-indefinitely |access-date=4 August 2024|work=Dhaka Tribune|date=4 August 2024}}

The government declared a three-day general holiday starting from 5 August, during which banks will also remain closed.{{cite news |title=Banks to remain closed for three days from tomorrow |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/banks-remain-closed-three-days-tomorrow-3669516 |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The Daily Star |date=4 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804153017/https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/banks-remain-closed-three-days-tomorrow-3669516 |url-status=live }} The Anti-Discrimination Students Movement confirmed their intention to march towards Dhaka on 6 August to demand the Prime Minister's resignation.{{cite news |title='March to Dhaka' programme tomorrow |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/march-dhaka-programme-tomorrow-3669576 |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The Daily Star |date=4 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804153019/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/march-dhaka-programme-tomorrow-3669576 |url-status=live }} The Bangladesh University Teachers' Network proposed a framework for an interim government, suggesting it be composed of teachers, judges, lawyers, and representatives from civil society, reflecting the views of various civil and political groups for a democratic transition.{{cite news |title=University Teachers' Network proposes outline to form interim government |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/university-teachers-network-proposes-outline-form-interim-government-3669451 |access-date=4 August 2024 |work=The Daily Star |date=4 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804100329/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/university-teachers-network-proposes-outline-form-interim-government-3669451 |url-status=live }}

Asif Mahmud, a coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement, announced that their march to Dhaka had been rescheduled to 5 August, instead of 6 August. He called on protesters and civilians nationwide to march toward the capital and participate in civil disobedience.{{cite news|title=Students Against Discrimination's 'March to Dhaka' on Monday|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/xlv47rs3c3|access-date=4 August 2024|work=Prothom Alo|date=4 August 2024|language=en|archive-date=4 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804174539/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/xlv47rs3c3|url-status=live}}

Several former Bangladesh Army officers, including former chief of staff Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, held a press briefing urging soldiers to return to camps and refrain from getting involved in the political crisis or being used against civilians.{{Cite web |last=প্রতিনিধি |first=বিশেষ |date=2024-08-04 |title=সামরিক বাহিনীকে ছাউনিতে ফিরিয়ে নেওয়ার আহ্বান সাবেক সেনা কর্মকর্তাদের |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/g77bbharbn |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Prothom Alo |language=bn |archive-date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804182748/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/g77bbharbn |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=5 August 2024 |title=Bangladesh PM leaves country for 'safer place' after resigning |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clywww69p2vo |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=BBC |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805085423/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clywww69p2vo |url-status=live }}

Retired Brig. Gen. M. Sakhawat Hossain stated that there was significant unease among the troops, which likely pressured the chief of army staff as soldiers were deployed and witnessing the events. Retired officers, including Brig. Gen. Mohammad Shahedul Anam Khan, defied the curfew on Monday and took to the streets, with Khan noting that the army did not intervene. In response to calls for a march to Dhaka, DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman warned of zero tolerance, stating that legal action would be taken against curfew violators.{{Cite news |date=7 August 2024|title=Exclusive: Bangladesh army refused to suppress protest, sealing Hasina's fate |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bangladesh-army-refused-suppress-protest-sealing-hasinas-fate-2024-08-07/ |work=Reuters}}

The Anti-discrimination Students Movement rejected the curfew and encouraged everyone to march towards the Ganabhaban and Prime minister's office.{{Cite web |title=Anti-Discrimination Student Movement rejects curfew |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=483651 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=The Daily Observer (Bangladesh) |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805082613/https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=483651 |url-status=live }}

Reports indicated Sheikh Hasina had been moved to a secure location.{{cite web | url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40315982/bangladesh-pm-hasina-taken-to-safe-shelter-minister-says-situation-volatile | title=Sheikh Hasina flees Bangladesh, 'heading to London' as military takes over | date=5 August 2024 | access-date=5 August 2024 | archive-date=5 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805092358/https://www.brecorder.com/news/40315982/bangladesh-pm-hasina-taken-to-safe-shelter-minister-says-situation-volatile | url-status=live }} On the same day, up to 135 people, including 24 police officers, were killed during protests.{{cite news |author1=Paul Ruma |author2=Sudipto Ganguly |title=Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina flees, army says interim government to be formed |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bangladesh-protesters-call-march-dhaka-defiance-curfew-2024-08-05/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=Reuters |date=5 August 2024 |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806033132/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bangladesh-protesters-call-march-dhaka-defiance-curfew-2024-08-05/ |url-status=live }}

Same day, at around 3:00 p.m. (UTC+6), Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India. Widespread celebrations and violence occurred following her removal, while the military and President Mohammed Shahabuddin announced the formation of an interim government led by economist and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.

{{Main|Resignation of Sheikh Hasina}}

File:Parliament storming on August 5, 2024.jpg after Sheikh Hasina's resignation]]

On 5 August 2024, at around 3:00 p.m., Prime Minister Hasina resigned and fled the country on a helicopter with her sister, Sheikh Rehana, to India,{{Cite news |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3273265/bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasina-has-resigned-and-left-country-media-reports-say |title=Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has resigned and left the country, media reports say |date=5 August 2024 |access-date=5 August 2024 |website=South China Morning Post}}{{cite news |title=Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has resigned and left the country, media reports say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bangladesh-protesters-call-march-dhaka-defiance-curfew-2024-08-05/ |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=Reuters |date=5 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806033132/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bangladesh-protesters-call-march-dhaka-defiance-curfew-2024-08-05/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-army-chief-to-address-nation-as-fresh-protests-break-out |title=Protesters storm Bangladesh PM Hasina's palace amid reports she has resigned and fled |date=5 August 2024 |access-date=5 August 2024 |website=The Straits Times |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805123134/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-army-chief-to-address-nation-as-fresh-protests-break-out |url-status=live }} arriving in Delhi via Agartala. Although she intended to record a speech, she did not have the opportunity to do so.{{cite news |title=Sheikh Hasina has left Gono Bhaban for 'safer place' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/sheikh-hasina-has-left-gono-bhaban-safer-place-3669956 |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=The Daily Star |date=5 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805101430/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/sheikh-hasina-has-left-gono-bhaban-safer-place-3669956 |url-status=live }} Reports indicated that in a meeting with security officials on 4 August, Hasina insisted on staying in power by using force against what she called "terrorists". However, military leaders warned her that the country would be approaching a civil war if they fired on the protesters. As she was determined to stay, the military leaders met her again on the next morning and concluded that her safety could no longer be guaranteed as protesters were soon to reach the Ganabhaban. Senior police officers had also warned her that their forces were running out of ammunition. She finally agreed to resign after talking to her close relatives. Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, later said that his mother had begun considering resignation as early as 3 August but was only convinced to do so by close relatives who had been approached by senior military and police officials, according to media reports.{{cite news |title=Sheikh Hasina's final hours as a hated autocrat |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz733dly2ero |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=BBC |date=7 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806233028/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz733dly2ero |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Sultan |first1=Tipu |title=Sheikh Hasina wanted to remain in power by force till the very last moment |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/jo33itpoxc |access-date=12 August 2024 |work=Prothomalo |date=6 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808010730/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/jo33itpoxc |url-status=live }}

Shortly after Sheikh Hasina's departure, at around 3:00 p.m., protesters reached the gates of the Ganabhaban and entered the Prime Minister's residence looting, vandalizing, and destroying numerous items, including furniture.{{cite news |title=Protesters enter Gono Bhaban premises |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/protesters-enter-gono-bhaban-premises-3669961 |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=The Daily Star |date=5 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805093055/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/protesters-enter-gono-bhaban-premises-3669961 |url-status=live }} They rummaged office files{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Watch: Mobs storm Bangladesh Parliament and smoke inside after raiding PM's home as Sheikh Hasina lands in India |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/bangladesh-riots-sheikh-hasina-residence-ganabhaban-raided-parliament-stormed-19455009.htm |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805142628/https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/bangladesh-riots-sheikh-hasina-residence-ganabhaban-raided-parliament-stormed-19455009.htm |url-status=live }} and sat on her bed as well as her chair to take selfies.{{Cite news |date=2024-08-05 |title=Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's home looted: Watch protesters steal rugs, utensils, take selfies on bed and PM's chair |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasinas-home-looted-watch-protesters-steal-rugs-utensils-take-selfies-on-bed-and-pms-chair/articleshow/112290199.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389 |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805142628/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasinas-home-looted-watch-protesters-steal-rugs-utensils-take-selfies-on-bed-and-pms-chair/articleshow/112290199.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live }} Some protesters ate food and stole live animals,{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Hens, rabbits, fish, sarees .. what protesters took after storming Sheikh Hasina's house |url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/hens-rabbits-fish-sarees-what-protesters-took-after-storming-sheikh-hasinas-house-13801300.html |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806024023/https://www.firstpost.com/world/hens-rabbits-fish-sarees-what-protesters-took-after-storming-sheikh-hasinas-house-13801300.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Bangladeshi protesters ransack Sheikh Hasina's residence, take away chicken, goats and ducks |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/world/bangladeshi-protesters-ransack-sheikh-hasinas-residence-take-away-chicken-goats-and-ducks-574599 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806024715/https://www.millenniumpost.in/world/bangladeshi-protesters-ransack-sheikh-hasinas-residence-take-away-chicken-goats-and-ducks-574599 |url-status=live }} while others looted Hasina's luxury Dior suitcase and her sarees.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Videos: Protester poses on Sheikh Hasina's bed, others with Dior suitcase, saree |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/bangladesh-protesters-ransack-sheikh-hasinas-home-in-dhahka-feast-on-biryani-steal-fish-2577221-2024-08-05 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805144004/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/bangladesh-protesters-ransack-sheikh-hasinas-home-in-dhahka-feast-on-biryani-steal-fish-2577221-2024-08-05 |url-status=live }}

Reports indicated that Hasina, along with her sister Sheikh Rehana, fled Ganabhaban aboard a military helicopter before transferring to a C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force. An internet blackout was enforced to hinder the tracking of her movements.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina forced to resign: What happened and what's next? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/5/bangladeshs-sheikh-hasina-forced-to-resign-what-happened-and-whats-next |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806084915/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/5/bangladeshs-sheikh-hasina-forced-to-resign-what-happened-and-whats-next |url-status=live }} Initial reports suggested Hasina's flight, carrying the callsign AJAX1431, would land in Agartala, in the Indian state of Tripura. AJAX1431 switched off its transponder at around 17:00 local time over Lucknow, rendering the aircraft untraceable. Shortly, she was reported to have landed at the Hindan Air Force Station in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of the Indian capital New Delhi, and was reportedly received by the Indian National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval at the base.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Hasina moved to secure location in India |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/353859/hasina-moved-to-secure-location-in-india |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=NSA Ajit Doval meets former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina at Hindon Airbase |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/nsa-ajit-doval-meets-former-bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasina-at-hindon-airbase-440243-2024-08-05 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Business Today |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805154026/https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/nsa-ajit-doval-meets-former-bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasina-at-hindon-airbase-440243-2024-08-05 |url-status=live }} Her arrival in Delhi was subsequently confirmed by Indian Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Bangladesh parliament dissolved after PM flees country |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0499xpnp1yo |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=BBC |language=en |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807133546/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0499xpnp1yo |url-status=live }} Sheikh Hasina is living in a secret location within India under tight security.

Flightradar24 reported that her flight was, at one point, the most tracked flight worldwide, with other civilian aircraft traveling into and out of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka also being highly tracked.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=All about flight AJAX1431 that flew Sheikh Hasina to India after escape from Dhaka |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/all-about-flight-ajax1431-carrying-sheikh-hasina-after-escape-from-dhaka-2577156-2024-08-05 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805131352/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/all-about-flight-ajax1431-carrying-sheikh-hasina-after-escape-from-dhaka-2577156-2024-08-05 |url-status=live }} She is expected to proceed to London for her safe passage{{Cite news |date=2024-08-05 |title=Bangladesh's Hasina Headed to London After Fleeing Country |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-05/bangladesh-s-hasina-headed-to-london-after-fleeing-country |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807133533/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-05/bangladesh-s-hasina-headed-to-london-after-fleeing-country |url-status=live }} and seek political asylum in the United Kingdom, where Rehana's eldest daughter, Labour Party MP Tulip Siddiq was Economic Secretary to the Treasury under the incumbent Prime Minister Keir Starmer, while her youngest daughter Azmina Siddiq works for Control Risks as a global risk analysis editor.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Who is Sheikh Rehana Siddiq? Bangladesh Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina's Sister Has A British Labour Party Connection |url=https://www.news18.com/world/who-is-sheikh-rehana-siddiq-bangladesh-ex-pm-sheikh-hasinas-sister-has-a-british-labour-party-connection-8991085.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=News18 |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805161703/https://www.news18.com/world/who-is-sheikh-rehana-siddiq-bangladesh-ex-pm-sheikh-hasinas-sister-has-a-british-labour-party-connection-8991085.html |url-status=live }} However, such plans are believed to be on hold due to indications from the UK government that she would not receive legal protection from investigations into the violence in Bangladesh.

In addition to Sheikh Hasina, several figures associated with her administration and the Awami League fled or attempted to flee Bangladesh. This group included Hasan Mahmud, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, the former Minister of state for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, and Ziaul Ahsan, the former Director General of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre. All were detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on 6 August.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Palak detained at Dhaka airport while attempting to flee to Delhi |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/353854/palak-detained-at-dhaka-airport-while-attempting |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Hasan Mahmud detained at Dhaka airport |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/353908/hasan-mahmud-detained-at-dhaka-airport |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-07 |title=Sacked Bangladeshi intelligence chief 'arrested' at Dhaka Airport |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2486216/sacked-bangladeshi-intelligence-chief-arrested-at-dhaka-airport |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807152530/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2486216/sacked-bangladeshi-intelligence-chief-arrested-at-dhaka-airport |url-status=live }} On 7 August, two more Awami League leaders were arrested near the Darshana border checkpoint while trying to flee abroad.{{cite web | url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/two-awami-league-leaders-detained-border-while-attempting-flee-912311 | title=Two Awami League leaders detained at border while attempting to flee | date=8 August 2024 | access-date=10 August 2024 | archive-date=14 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814005653/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/two-awami-league-leaders-detained-border-while-attempting-flee-912311 | url-status=live }} On 13 August, Salman F Rahman, former Adviser for Private Industry and Investment to the Prime Minister, and Anisul Huq, former Minister for Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, were arrested while attempting to flee by boat at Sadarghat.{{cite web | url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/354644/salman-f-rahman-and-anisul-huq-arrested-in-dhaka | title=Salman F Rahman, Anisul Huq arrested in Dhaka |date=13 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune }} On 28 August, former Minister of Commerce Tipu Munshi was arrested after a murder case was filed against him over the death of a protester in Rangpur.{{cite web |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/356497/ex-commerce-minister-tipu-munshi-arrested | title=Ex-commerce minister Tipu Munshi arrested |date=29 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune }} On September 10, Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, the former Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser to Hasina, was arrested by the DB in the Gulshan area.{{Cite web |date=10 September 2024 |title=Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury detained |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/358020/ex-energy-adviser-toufiq-e-elahi-chowdhury |access-date=11 September 2024 |website=Dhaka Tribune}}

On 14 August, the general secretary of Barguna district Awami League was arrested on charges of conspiring to foment unrest. This followed the emergence of a phone call recording on social media in which he appeared to be communicating with Sheikh Hasina, who was by then in India.{{cite web | url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/354683/barguna-awami-league-leader-held-after-viral-phone | title=Barguna Awami League leader held after viral phone call with Hasina |date=14 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune }} On 16 August, Ramesh Chandra Sen, former Minister of Water Resources, was arrested in his residence in Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila.{{cite web | url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/355014/police-detain-former-water-resources-minister | title=Police detain former water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen |date=17 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune }} On 19 August, former Minister of Social Welfare and Awami League joint secretary Dipu Moni was arrested in Baridhara.{{Cite web |date=15 August 2024 |title=Dipu Moni detained |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/355327/dipu-moni-detained |access-date=16 August 2024 |website=Dhaka Tribune|language=en}} On 24 August, Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, the former General Secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, died from a heart attack while climbing a mountain in the Indian state of Meghalaya as part of his efforts to flee Bangladesh.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=Panna's death at Indian border: Brother requests ministry for body repatriation |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/356483/ishak-ali-khan%E2%80%99s-body-held-by-meghalaya-police |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }}

On 21 August, the interim government ordered the revocation of diplomatic passports issued to Sheikh Hasina as well as her ministers and MPs.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-21 |title=Govt to revoke diplomatic passports |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/355608/govt-to-revoke-diplomatic-passports |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }} On August 29, the interim government issued an ordinance revoking a 2009 law that granted special privileges to the family of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, including Sheikh Hasina.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=Govt decides to repeal law for protecting family members of Bangabandhu |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/laws-rights/356528/govt-decides-to-repeal-law-for-protecting-family |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }}

Numerous local officials nationwide also deserted their posts following Sheikh Hasina's overthrow.{{cite web | url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/government-affairs/355257/govt-appoints-administrators-for-61-district | title=61 district council administrators appointed, 323 municipality mayors relieved of duty |date=19 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune }} This included the mayor of Khulna City Corporation, Talukder Abdul Khaleque, who along with most of the city's 41 councillors, went into hiding, leading to a paralysis of the city government's functions.{{cite web | url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/355180/administrative-work-disrupted-as-kcc-mayor | title=Administrative work disrupted as KCC mayor, councillors go into hiding |date=18 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune }} At least 323 municipal mayors, 495 Upazila Parishad chairs, 53 District Council chairs, and 12 city corporation mayors were subsequently removed from office by the interim government.{{Cite web |title=12 city mayors including Taposh, Atiqul relieved |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/355281/12-city-mayors-including-taposh-atiqul-relieved |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }}

{{Main|2024 Bangladesh post-resignation violence|Sheikh Mujibur Rahman statue destruction}}

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On the day of Sheikh Hasina's resignation, protesters vandalized statues of her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the former president of Bangladesh, in Dhaka.{{Cite web |title=Bangladeshi Protesters Vandalise Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Statue |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bangladeshi-protesters-vandalise-sheikh-mujibur-rahmans-statue-6267746 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=NDTV.com |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805102822/https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bangladeshi-protesters-vandalise-sheikh-mujibur-rahmans-statue-6267746 |url-status=live }} They also set the Awami League's headquarters in Dhaka ablaze. The vandalizing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's statues has been compared with that of Saddam Hussain's statue in Baghdad on 2003. Houses or businesses of several Awami League leaders and activists were attacked.{{efn|including Former President of Bangladesh Mohammad Abdul Hamid,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/oqwae91250|title=কিশোরগঞ্জে সাবেক রাষ্ট্রপতি আবদুল হামিদের বাসায় ভাঙচুর-লুটপাট|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806033521/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/oqwae91250|url-status=live}} Asaduzzaman Khan,{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Bangladesh crisis: As Sheikh Hasina resigns, protesters set Awami League office on fire, vandalise Mujibur Rahman's statue |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/bangladesh-crisis-as-sheikh-hasina-resigns-protesters-set-awami-league-office-on-fire-vandalise-mujibur-rahmans-statue-440206-2024-08-05 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Business Today |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805121724/https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/bangladesh-crisis-as-sheikh-hasina-resigns-protesters-set-awami-league-office-on-fire-vandalise-mujibur-rahmans-statue-440206-2024-08-05 |url-status=live }} Rezaul Haque Chowdhury, Mashrafe Mortaza,{{Cite web |title=Viral Pics: Former Bangladesh Captain Mashrafe Mortaza's House Set On Fire By Protesters Amid Nationwide Unrest |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/viral-pics-former-bangladesh-captain-mashrafe-mortazas-house-set-on-fire-by-protesters-amid-nationwide-unrest |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805172228/https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/viral-pics-former-bangladesh-captain-mashrafe-mortazas-house-set-on-fire-by-protesters-amid-nationwide-unrest |url-status=live }} Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP Shafiqul Islam Shimul,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/v190k47wpq|title=প্রতিমন্ত্রী পলক ও এমপি শিমুলের বাড়িতে বিক্ষুব্ধ জনতার আগুন|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=5 August 2024|archive-date=5 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805183631/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/v190k47wpq|url-status=live}} Sadhan Chandra Majumder and MP in Naogon,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/7jzzrawyd8|title=নওগাঁয় আওয়ামী লীগ কার্যালয়, খাদ্যমন্ত্রী ও এমপির বাসায় হামলা, অগ্নিসংযোগ|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806013230/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/7jzzrawyd8|url-status=live}} Ajmeri Osman,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/hmti46bsat|title=শামীম ওসমানের ভাতিজা আজমেরী ওসমানের বাড়িতে হামলা ও ভাঙচুর, অগ্নিসংযোগ|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806014243/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/hmti46bsat|url-status=live}} A. K. M. Bahauddin,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/7gej5oy5mn|title=কুমিল্লায় এমপি বাহারের বাড়িতে হামলা|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=5 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805183625/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/7gej5oy5mn|url-status=live}} Anisul Huq,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/opb1m3j1sm|title=কসবায় আইনমন্ত্রীর বাড়িতে হামলা, ভাঙচুর ও আগুন |language=bn|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806044501/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/opb1m3j1sm|url-status=live}} Shahin Chakladar{{Cite web |last=অফিস |first=যশোর |date=2024-08-05 |title=যশোরে শাহীন চাকলাদারের হোটেলে ভাঙচুর–আগুন, ৬ জনের মৃত্যু |language=bn|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/zlhxe06oh5 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Prothomalo |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806040929/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/zlhxe06oh5 |url-status=live }} Nazmul Hassan,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/353e666rke|title=ভৈরবে মন্ত্রী পাপনের বাসভবনে, আওয়ামী লীগের কার্যালয়ে ভাঙচুর|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806041354/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/353e666rke|url-status=live}} an Upazila chairman in Jhenaidah,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/ns94nnm8q7|title=ঝিনাইদহে জনতার হামলা-আগুনে ইউপি চেয়ারম্যানসহ নিহত ৪|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806010259/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/ns94nnm8q7|url-status=live}} four Jubo League activists in Chuadanga,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/iq69e6yokc|title=চুয়াডাঙ্গায় যুবলীগ নেতার বাড়িতে আগুন, চারটি লাশ উদ্ধার|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806035748/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/iq69e6yokc|url-status=live}} Selim Khan{{Cite web |title=চলচ্চিত্র প্রযোজক সেলিম খান ও অভিনেতা ছেলেকে পিটিয়ে হত্যা |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/samagrabangladesh/14a194f25f58 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=bdnews24 |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806085730/https://bangla.bdnews24.com/samagrabangladesh/14a194f25f58 |url-status=live }} Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/ppl4o9ayh3|title=বরিশালে সাবেক মেয়র সাদিকের বাড়িতে আগুন, ৩ পোড়া লাশ উদ্ধার|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806014242/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/ppl4o9ayh3|url-status=live}} Shajahan Khan and AFM Bahauddin Nasim,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/2b91qrt8w5|title=মাদারীপুরে শাজাহান খান ও বাহাউদ্দিন নাছিমের বাসভবনে হামলা–লুটপাট|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806030129/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/2b91qrt8w5|url-status=live}} Sheikh Rehana and Mustafa Kamal,{{Cite news|url=https://dailyinqilab.com/national/news/675718|title=গুলশানে শেখ রেহানার বাসায় আগুন, মালামাল লুট|access-date=7 August 2024|website=Daily Inqilab}} Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/mk3re1rlo8|title=সাঁথিয়ায় আওয়ামী লীগ কার্যালয়, বেড়ায় ডেপুটি স্পিকারের বাসায় অগ্নিসংযোগ|access-date=7 August 2024|website=Prothom Alo|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806044343/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/mk3re1rlo8|url-status=live}} two former MPs in Magura,{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/nkm5ti3fz9|title=মাগুরায় সাবেক দুই এমপির বাড়ি ও অনেক প্রতিষ্ঠানে হামলা|access-date=7 August 2024|website=Prothom Alo|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806031306/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/nkm5ti3fz9|url-status=live}} Amir Hossain Amu{{Cite news|url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/country/2024/08/05/1015668|title=ঝালকাঠিতে আমুর বাড়িতে অগ্নিসংযোগ|access-date=7 August 2024|website=BD Pratidin|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806014005/https://www.bd-pratidin.com/country/2024/08/05/1015668|url-status=live}}}} The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, operated by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's residence in Dhanmondi, where he and his family were assassinated by military personnel in 1975, known as Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, were burnt and ransacked by the demonstrators.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/bangladesh-protesters-attack-indira-gandhi-cultural-centre-bangabandhu-memorial-museum/articleshow/112293214.cms&ved=2ahUKEwiGgLazkN6HAxX0dvUHHbxVKmQQFnoECBkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2Sky_HItrTYznQi6p4WJuc|title=Bangladeshi protestors attack Indira Gandhi Cultural Center and Bangabandhu memorial|website=Times of India|date=5 August 2024|access-date=5 August 2024}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/world/protesters-damage-indira-gandhi-cultural-centre-bangabandhu-memorial-museum-in-bangladesh-capital-3137717&ved=2ahUKEwiGgLazkN6HAxX0dvUHHbxVKmQQFnoECBIQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2PcTLEoZClNsLKYUGUkBs8|title=Protestors damage Indira Gandhi Cultural Center and Bangabandhu memorial museum in Bangladesh Capital|website=Deccan herald|date=5 August 2024|access-date=5 August 2024}}{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/8f4224470a21&ved=2ahUKEwiGgLazkN6HAxX0dvUHHbxVKmQQFnoECBEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2QFVz1BA-1drn7mRJ7EOmO|title=Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, Awami League offices set on fire in Dhaka|website=Bangladesh 24|date=5 August 2024|access-date=5 August 2024}} Two pro-government television stations were also forced off-air after being torched by demonstrators,{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-hasina-student-protest-quota-violence-fdc7f2632c3d8fcbd913e6c0a1903fd4 |title=Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina resigns as widening unrest sees protesters storm her official residence |website=Associated Press |date=6 August 2024 |access-date=6 August 2024 |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805235348/https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-hasina-student-protest-quota-violence-fdc7f2632c3d8fcbd913e6c0a1903fd4 |url-status=live }} including ATN Bangla.{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/353757/rampage-at-atn-bangla-office-atn-news-off-air |title=Rampage at ATN Bangla office, ATN News off air |date=5 August 2024 |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune}} The Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, which houses the Parliament of Bangladesh, was also stormed by protesters,{{Cite news |url=https://www.dailynews.lk/2024/08/05/world/602238/bangladeshi-protesters-storm-jatiya-sangsad-loot-ganabhaban-violence-erupts-on-dhaka-streets/ |title=Bangladeshi protesters storm Parliament, violence erupts on Dhaka streets |website=Daily News |date=5 August 2024 |access-date=6 August 2024 |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807134119/https://www.dailynews.lk/2024/08/05/world/602238/bangladeshi-protesters-storm-jatiya-sangsad-loot-ganabhaban-violence-erupts-on-dhaka-streets/ |url-status=live }} who took 40 weapons from the building's security. These were later returned by students.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/parliament/353865/students-return-40-weapons-looted-from-sangsad |title=Students return 40 weapons looted from Sangsad Bhaban |website=Dhaka Tribune |date=6 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024}} The house of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh was vandalized by rioters who climbed the walls.{{cite news |title=Bangladesh protesters ransack chief justice's house |url=https://english.aaj.tv/news/330373132/bangladesh-protesters-ransack-chief-justices-house%26ved%3D2ahUKEwiGgLazkN6HAxX0dvUHHbxVKmQQFnoECCQQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw2mlw_mXIGjzInb8cchKpND |access-date=5 August 2024 |agency=AAJ Tv |date=5 August 2024 |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805152752/https://english.aaj.tv/news/330373132/bangladesh-protesters-ransack-chief-justices-house%26ved%3D2ahUKEwiGgLazkN6HAxX0dvUHHbxVKmQQFnoECCQQAQ%26usg%3DAOvVaw2mlw_mXIGjzInb8cchKpND |url-status=live }} Sheikh Rehana's residence in Gulshan, Dhaka, was also looted.{{cite news |title=Bangladesh's interim government will take oath on Thursday, says the military chief |url=https://apnews.com/article/hasina-bangladesh-opposition-khaleda-quota-fd7db94ba0a66a12f7b61de3a1bb6730 |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=Associated Press News |date=7 August 2024 |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807132521/https://apnews.com/article/hasina-bangladesh-opposition-khaleda-quota-fd7db94ba0a66a12f7b61de3a1bb6730 |url-status=live }} The Mujibnagar Memorial Complex in Meherpur was also vandalized, resulting in damage to 600 sculptures. Incidents of vandalism were also recorded at the Bangladesh Shishu Academy, 22 branches of the Shilpakala Academy, and the Shasi Lodge and the Zainul Park in Mymensingh.{{cite news |title=Mujibnagar Memorial Complex vandalized, valuables looted |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/354559/mujibnagar-memorial-complex-vandalized-valuables |access-date=13 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=12 August 2024 }} The 19th-century Bir Chandra Public Library in Comilla was also looted and burned, leading to the loss of several rare books.{{cite news |title=Attacks on cultural landmarks: Fear and vandalism in a new era |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/354528/attacks-on-cultural-landmarks-fear-and-vandalism |access-date=13 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=12 August 2024 }}

At least 232 people were reported to have been killed in the three days that followed Hasina's resignation.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/354205/232-dead-in-violence-after-hasina%E2%80%99s-resignation |title=232 killed in violence after Hasina's resignation |website=Dhaka Tribune |date=9 August 2024 |access-date=9 August 2024 }} This included at least 29 officials of the Awami League and associated groups as well as their relatives.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/353920/bodies-of-29-awami-league-leaders-family-members |title=Bodies of 29 Awami League leaders, family members recovered |website=Dhaka Tribune |date=7 August 2024 |access-date=7 August 2024 }} An Awami League office in Chittagong was also set ablaze by miscreants. Two vehicles of the BGB were set ablaze by the rioters and five were killed in clashes between BGB and demonstrators.{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/6v7d8qi09x|title=শ্রীপুরে বিজিবির সদস্য বহনকারী দুই গাড়িতে আগুন, হাসপাতালে ৫ লাশ|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=5 August 2024|archive-date=5 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805184307/https://www.prothomalo.com/amp/story/bangladesh/district/6v7d8qi09x|url-status=live}} Jails in Satkhira and Sherpur districts were attacked, leading to prisoner escapes.{{Cite web |last=প্রতিবেদক |first=নিজস্ব |date=2024-08-05 |title=সাতক্ষীরা জেলা কারাগারে হামলা, তালা ভেঙে সব বন্দীকে নিয়ে গেলেন বিক্ষুব্ধ জনতা |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/yen95tdc2a |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Prothomalo |language=bn |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806032243/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/yen95tdc2a |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=প্রতিনিধি |date=2024-08-05 |title=শেরপুর কারাগারে ছাত্র-জনতার ভাঙচুর-আগুন, সব বন্দী পালিয়েছেন |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/tdc22d3ra2 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Prothomalo |language=bn |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806024515/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/tdc22d3ra2 |url-status=live }} In Satkhira alone, 596 prisoners escaped, although more than 400 of them voluntarily returned within days.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/354034/405-out-of-596-escaped-inmates-return-to-satkhira |title=405 among 596 escaped inmates return to Satkhira jail |website=Dhaka Tribune |date=8 August 2024 |access-date=8 August 2024 }} An Awami League leader in Satkhira was hacked to death along with four associates after fatally shooting three members of a crowd that attacked his residence.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/353885/satkhira-ex-chairman-shoots-3-dead-mob-lynches |title=Satkhira ex-chairman shoots 3 dead, mob lynches him, associates |website=Dhaka Tribune |date=6 August 2024 |access-date=6 August 2024}} An installation of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Force was also vandalized and partially burnt. Ansar retaliated by killing two demonstrators.{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/u2e46tm69i|title=গাজীপুরে আনসার একাডেমিতে হামলা, গুলিতে নিহত দুই|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806030131/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/u2e46tm69i|url-status=live}} In Bogra, a police station was attacked and an Awami League office was set ablaze.{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/eo7cofje0c|title=বগুড়ায় থানায় হামলা, আওয়ামী লীগ কার্যালয়ে আগুন|language=bn|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806014244/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/eo7cofje0c|url-status=live}} A violent mob attacked Baniachang police station in Habiganj and set it ablaze. Police retaliated killing six rioters. A total of 150 people, including police personnel were wounded in the incident.{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/yj9fcjahn0|title=হবিগঞ্জের বানিয়াচংয়ে পুলিশের গুলিতে নিহত ৬, থানা ঘেরাও করে আগুন |language=bn|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806014042/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/yj9fcjahn0|url-status=live}}

Six people were killed and more than a hundred wounded in Kushtia when police opened fire on rioters.{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/mcsptbxz51|title=আন্দোলনের শেষ মুহূর্তে কুষ্টিয়ায় পুলিশের গুলিতে শিশুসহ ছয়জন নিহত, শতাধিক গুলিবিদ্ধ|language=bn|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806045854/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/mcsptbxz51|url-status=live}} Seven police stations were burnt and destroyed in Chittagong.{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/jmml0zve8t|title=চট্টগ্রামে সাত থানায় আগুন, ভাঙচুর|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806014444/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/jmml0zve8t|url-status=live}} A demonstrator was fatally shot by the police in Manikganj, following the vandalism of a local police station.{{Cite news|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/ojv2ksnq3e|title=মানিকগঞ্জে গুলিতে কলেজছাত্র নিহত, থানা ভাঙচুর|language=bn|website=Prothom Alo|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806034158/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/ojv2ksnq3e|url-status=live}} Despite the peaceful nature of a victory march in Srimangal, police intervention resulted in injuries to more than a hundred participants.{{Cite news|url=https://mzamin.com/news.php?news=121521|title=শ্রীমঙ্গলে বিজয় মিছিলে পুলিশের গুলিতে আহত শতাধিক|website=M Zamin|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806024516/https://mzamin.com/news.php?news=121521|url-status=live}} In Jessore, at least 24 people, including an Indonesian national, were killed after a hotel belonging to a district leader of the Awami League was set on fire.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/353813/arson-attack-at-jessore-hotel-death-toll-climbs |title=Arson attack at Jessore hotel: Death toll climbs to 24 |website=Dhaka Tribune |date=6 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024}} Two union council chairs were beaten to death by mobs in separate incidents in Khulna and Chandpur.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/353781/chandpur-up-chairman-selim-khan-son-beaten-to |title=Chandpur UP Chairman Selim Khan, son beaten to death |website=Dhaka Tribune |date=6 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/353764/3-including-koyra-awami-league-president-beaten-to |title=3 including Koyra Awami League president beaten to death |website=Dhaka Tribune |date=6 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024}} Clashes between BGB and demonstrators led to the deaths of six people, including a BGB soldier in Gazipur,{{Cite news|url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/country-news/2024/08/05/1412013|title=গাজীপুরে বিজিবির গাড়ি অবরোধ-গুলি, এক বিজিবি সদস্যসহ নিহত ৬|website=Karel kanth|date=5 August 2024|access-date=6 August 2024|archive-date=6 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806073325/https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/country-news/2024/08/05/1412013|url-status=live}} where a protest outside a jail also resulted in the escape of 209 inmates.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/354004/209-prisoners-escape-from-kashimpur-jail-6-killed |title=209 prisoners escape from Kashimpur jail, 6 killed |website=Dhaka Tribune |date=7 August 2024 |access-date=7 August 2024 }} In Kishoreganj, a clash between Awami League leaders and activists led to the death of five individuals and left hundreds injured, including journalists.{{Cite news |url=https://samakal.com/dhaka/article/249226/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%86-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7 |script-title=bn:আন্দোলনকারীদের মিছিলে আ.লীগের ধাওয়া-সংঘর্ষ |work=Samakal |date=5 August 2024 |access-date=6 August 2024}}

Operations at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka were suspended for eight hours. The Higher Secondary Certificate examinations, which were originally scheduled for 11 August, had to be postponed. This decision was made after the question papers suffered damage during the attacks on police stations.{{Cite news |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/q0wl299ziv |title=HSC exam not to be held from 11 August |website=Prothom Alo |date=6 August 2024 |access-date=6 August 2024 |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806134524/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/q0wl299ziv |url-status=live }}

On 10 August, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) dismissed the head of its Bauphal upazila branch following complaints about his alleged involvement in the violence and looting.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/354412/bnp-leader-removed-from-post-over-vandalism |title=BNP leader removed from post over vandalism, looting charges |website=Dhaka Tribune |date=11 August 2024 |access-date=11 August 2024 }}

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Hours after Hasina's departure, reports surfaced about attacks against Hindus in Bangladesh as due to the collapse of governmental law enforcement agencies.{{Cite news |last1=Hasnat |first1=Saif |last2=Nauman |first2=Qasim |date=2024-08-07 |title=Hindus in Bangladesh Face Attacks After Prime Minister's Exit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/world/asia/bangladesh-politics-unrest.html |access-date=2024-08-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808024134/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/world/asia/bangladesh-politics-unrest.html |url-status=live }} Haradhan Roy, a Hindu councilor from the Awami League in Rangpur, and Mrinal Kanti Chatterjee, a Hindu school teacher in Dhaka were killed.{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Hindus targeted in attacks after fall of PM |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/10/bangladesh-hindus-face-attacks-after-fall-of-prime-minister/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810201254/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/10/bangladesh-hindus-face-attacks-after-fall-of-prime-minister/ |archive-date=10 August 2024 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cite news |script-title=bn:রাস্তায় ৭ ঘণ্টা পড়েছিল কাউন্সিলর হারাধনের লাশ |url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/695456/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A7%AD-%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6 |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=The Daily Ittefaq}} According to the Investigation conducted by Prothom Alo correspondents across 64 districts and 67 upazilas between 5–20 August 2024, 1,068 attacks on the minority community occurred in 49 districts. Two members of the Hindu community were killed in the violence, and a total of 912 attacks were documented. Of these, in at least 506 cases, the victims were affiliated with Awami League.{{Cite news |date=2024-09-12 |title=Communal violence: 1068 houses and business establishments attacked |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/97chuvmupe |access-date=2024-10-22 |work=Prothom Alo |language=en |archive-date=13 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913200343/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/97chuvmupe |url-status=live }} The Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council reported that from August 4 to August 20, a total of 2,010 incidents (including 69 temples) of attacks on minorities took place across the country within this 16-day period. Among the incidents, homes of 157 families were vandalised, looted, and set on fire, while some of their businesses were also attacked.{{Cite news |date=2024-09-19 |title=2,010 communal attacks in Bangladesh since August 4 to 20: Oikyo Parishad |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/news/2010-communal-attacks-bangladesh-august-4-20-oikyo-parishad-3706731 |access-date=2024-10-22 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |archive-date=19 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919163650/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/news/2010-communal-attacks-bangladesh-august-4-20-oikyo-parishad-3706731 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=20 Sep 2024 |title=Report: 2,010 incidents of communal violence occurred from August 4 to 20 in Bangladesh |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/359102/2-010-communal-violence-reported-from-august-4-to |work=Dhaka Tribune}}

According to most observers, the attacks were largely politically motivated where victims were primarily Awami League leaders, activists, and police. However, many Hindus with no political affiliation were also affected. The coordinators of the student movement denounced these attacks and urged the public not to participate in such violence.{{Cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Ruma |last2=Das |first2=Krishna M. |date=2024-08-06 |title=Hindu homes, temples targeted in Bangladesh after Hasina ouster, minority group says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hindu-homes-temples-targeted-bangladesh-after-hasina-ouster-minority-group-says-2024-08-06/ |work=Reuters}}

Thousands of Bangladeshi Hindus attempted to flee to India after being attacked, however, they were turned back by the border guards from both countries.{{cite news |title=Modi's India stops Bangladesh Hindus at borders |url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/modis-india-stops-bangladesh-hindus-at-borders/106015 |access-date=12 August 2024 |agency=Union of Catholic Asian News |publisher=Nirendra Dev}}{{Cite news |last1=Paul |first1=Ruma |last2=Das |first2=Krishna N. |date=2024-08-08 |title=Hindus in Bangladesh try to flee to India amid violence |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hindus-bangladesh-try-flee-india-amid-violence-2024-08-08/ |work=Reuters}} Indian Border Security Force (BSF) arrested nearly a dozen Bangladeshis who were trying to cross the border to escape the violence and political unrest.{{cite news |title=India blocks Bangladeshis fleeing chaotic regime change |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/india-blocks-bangladeshis-fleeing-chaotic-regime-change-/7738952.html |access-date=7 August 2024 |agency=Voice of America |archive-date=12 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812121442/https://www.voanews.com/a/india-blocks-bangladeshis-fleeing-chaotic-regime-change-/7738952.html |url-status=live }} In Lalmonirhat, an Awami League leader was seen spreading rumors, urging local Hindus to gather at the border with India and engage with Indian leaders who were expected to arrive there. Reportedly, he successfully assembled thousands of Hindus at the border before they were dispersed by the BGB and local police.{{cite news |title=৩ শতাধিক মানুষকে সীমান্তে জড়ো করলেন আওয়ামী লীগ নেতা {{!}} কালবেলা |url=https://www.kalbela.com/country-news/110238 |access-date=11 August 2024 |work=Daily Kalbela |language=bn-BD |archive-date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811192548/https://www.kalbela.com/country-news/110238 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=ফেসবুকে গুজব, ভারতীয় কাঁটাতারের কাছে হাজার হাজার হিন্দু সম্প্রদায়ের মানুষ |url=https://www.jugantor.com/country-news/835971/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7 |access-date=11 August 2024 |work=Daily Jugantor |archive-date=10 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810031745/https://www.jugantor.com/country-news/835971/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=গুজব ছড়িয়ে সীমান্তে 'অচেনা' লোকজন জমায়েত |url=https://www.deshrupantor.com/527693/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E2%80%99-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4 |access-date=11 August 2024 |work=Daily Desh Rupantor |archive-date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811213836/https://www.deshrupantor.com/527693/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E2%80%99-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4 |url-status=live }}

Meanwhile, students and members of the Muslim community, including madrasa students, were seen standing guard at temples and churches to protect them.{{Cite news |title=Students, other Muslims protect temples, churches amid Bangladesh unrest |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/7/students-other-muslims-protect-temples-churches-amid-bangladesh-unrest |access-date=2024-08-08 |publisher=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807190930/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/7/students-other-muslims-protect-temples-churches-amid-bangladesh-unrest |url-status=live }} Chief adviser to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, also denounced the violence, stating that there was no room for discrimination in Bangladesh.{{cite news |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240811-attacks-and-online-misinformation-frighten-bangladeshi-hindus |title=Attacks and online misinformation frighten Bangladeshi Hindus |publisher=France 24 |date=11 August 2024 |access-date=11 August 2024 |archive-date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811150354/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240811-attacks-and-online-misinformation-frighten-bangladeshi-hindus |url-status=live }} The interim government also assured that it would "immediately sit with the representative bodies and other concerned groups to find ways to resolve such heinous attacks".{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/11/new-bangladesh-government-says-working-to-resolve-attacks-on-minorities |title=New Bangladesh government says working to 'resolve' attacks on minorities |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=11 August 2024 |access-date=11 August 2024 |archive-date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811203237/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/11/new-bangladesh-government-says-working-to-resolve-attacks-on-minorities |url-status=live }}

Similar reports of Islamist mobs perpetrating violence against other minorities like Christians{{Cite web |title="Drive out the Christians from Bangladesh" – the hidden impact of the country's ongoing crisis |url=https://www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-news/bangladesh-unrest-christians/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Open Doors UK & Ireland |language=en-GB}} & Ahmadiyyas{{Cite news |date=6 August 2024 |title=Ahmadiyas face attacks in Bangladesh |url=https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/241831/ahmadiyas-face-attacks-in-bangladesh |work=New Age |archive-date=17 August 2024 |access-date=19 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817112124/https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/241831/ahmadiyas-face-attacks-in-bangladesh |url-status=live }} alongside vandalising tombs of Sufi saints{{Cite web |last=Rahman |first=Anisur |date=2024-09-16 |title=Bangladesh's Sufi groups celebrate birth anniversary of Prophet amid tight security |url=https://theprint.in/world/bangladeshs-sufi-groups-celebrate-birth-anniversary-of-prophet-amid-tight-security/2270117/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US |archive-date=19 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919053707/https://theprint.in/world/bangladeshs-sufi-groups-celebrate-birth-anniversary-of-prophet-amid-tight-security/2270117/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/ckg2xygly1no|title=দেশের বিভিন্ন জায়গায় মাজার ভাঙ্গার ঘটনাগুলো কেন ঘটছে? কারা ঘটাচ্ছে? |website=BBC NEWS BANGLA|date=7 September 2024|access-date=14 September 2024|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914090233/https://www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/ckg2xygly1no |archive-date=14 September 2024 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/country-news/2024/09/10/1424074|title=মাজার খুঁড়ে দেহাবশেষ নিল হামলাকারীরা |website=Kalerkantho BANGLA|date=10 September 2024|access-date=14 September 2024|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914090634/https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/country-news/2024/09/10/1424074 |archive-date=14 September 2024 |url-status=live}} emerged in various parts of the country in midst of collapse of law and order. Reports of houses belonging to ethnic minorities like the Kurukh{{Cite news |last=Hossain |first=Anwar |date=2024-08-26 |title='হামরা কি এ দ্যাশের নাগরিক না? বিচার পাব না?' |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/golnohvsv7?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_yq93jhhgll |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn |archive-date=2 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902235146/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/district/golnohvsv7?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign&utm_content=ap_yq93jhhgll |url-status=live }} and Chakma{{Cite news |title=Bangladesh: Hundreds of Chakma community houses torched by settlers |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/bangladesh-hundreds-of-chakma-community-houses-torched-by-settlers/articleshow/113496843.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-09-19 |work=The Economic Times |archive-date=19 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919163640/https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/bangladesh-hundreds-of-chakma-community-houses-torched-by-settlers/amp_articleshow/113496843.cms |url-status=live }} being torched by mobs have also emerged.

As per reports, broadband internet services were reinstated approximately at 1:00 p.m. on 5 August,{{cite news |title=Broadband internet restored |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/gm0o97gu3x |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=Prothomalo |date=5 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805093228/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/gm0o97gu3x |url-status=live }} followed by the restoration of cellular internet access after 2:00 p.m.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Mobile Internet restored |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/aoczyp8xg8 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Prothomalo |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805120927/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/aoczyp8xg8 |url-status=live }} However, access to social media platforms continued to be restricted.{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees country as protesters storm palace |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ckdgg87lnkdt?post=asset%3Af2caf740-ec65-449a-b983-e40db0b57fd9#post |access-date=5 August 2024 |website=BBC |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805121906/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ckdgg87lnkdt?post=asset:f2caf740-ec65-449a-b983-e40db0b57fd9#post |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Broadband, 4G internet services restored |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/353724/broadband-internet-service-restored-after-3-hours |access-date=5 August 2024 |website=Dhaka Tribune}} The curfew was rescinded on 6 August, and offices, businesses, and schools were permitted to resume operations on the same day.{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh Curfew To End Tuesday, Businesses To Reopen: Military |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/bangladesh-curfew-to-end-tuesday-businesses-to-reopen-military-b8c93cfd |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Barron's |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806092551/https://www.barrons.com/news/bangladesh-curfew-to-end-tuesday-businesses-to-reopen-military-b8c93cfd |url-status=live }}

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On 5 August, the Chief of Army Staff, Waker-uz-Zaman, convened a meeting with representatives from BNP, Jatiya Party (Ershad), and Jamaat-e-Islami{{Cite web |title=Meet Army Chief Waker-uz-Zaman who just took over after Sheikh Hasina's flight |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/bangladesh-coup-meet-army-chief-waker-uz-zaman-who-took-over-the-reins-after-seikh-hasina-flees-country/articleshow/112287500.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=The Economic Times | date=5 August 2024 |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805113911/https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/bangladesh-coup-meet-army-chief-waker-uz-zaman-who-took-over-the-reins-after-seikh-hasina-flees-country/amp_articleshow/112287500.cms |url-status=live }} and called for the creation of an interim government within 48 hours, excluding the Awami League.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Who will run Bangladesh's interim govt? I'm taking full responsibility, says army chief |url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/pm-sheikh-hasina-has-resigned-interim-government-to-run-country-says-bangladesh-army-chief-13801083.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805115438/https://www.firstpost.com/world/pm-sheikh-hasina-has-resigned-interim-government-to-run-country-says-bangladesh-army-chief-13801083.html |url-status=live }} Several subsequent reports indicated that Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus had been approached to be the head of the interim government by the student protesters. Other possible names for the head of government included Salahuddin Ahmed, a former governor of Bangladesh Bank, retired General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, and lawyer Sara Hossain.{{Cite web |title=Meet Muhammad Yunus, Nobel prize winner, who can become new leader of Bangladesh after... |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-meet-muhammad-yunus-nobel-prize-winner-who-can-become-new-leader-of-bangladesh-after-3100517 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=DNA India |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805184023/https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-meet-muhammad-yunus-nobel-prize-winner-who-can-become-new-leader-of-bangladesh-after-3100517 |url-status=live }} The nomination of Yunus, who accepted the advisory role in the interim government, has also been supported by prominent figures within the student movement.{{Cite news |title=Bangladesh protesters want Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead government |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/6/bangladesh-protesters-want-nobel-laureate-muhammad-yunus-to-lead-government |access-date=2024-08-06 |publisher=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806090039/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/6/bangladesh-protesters-want-nobel-laureate-muhammad-yunus-to-lead-government |url-status=live }} In addition, Waker-uz-Zaman pledged an investigation by the military into the preceding incidents of violence and issued an order prohibiting security forces from opening fire on crowds.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin issued an order for the release of all students who had been detained during the protests, as well as Khaleda Zia, the former prime minister and chairperson of the BNP. Zia has been a long-standing political adversary of Sheikh Hasina. This decision was made unanimously at a meeting attended by major opposition parties and the heads of the armed services.{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh president orders release of ex-PM Khaleda Zia |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/5/bangladesh-president-orders-release-of-ex-pm-khaleda-zia |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807135744/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/5/bangladesh-president-orders-release-of-ex-pm-khaleda-zia |url-status=live }} On 6 August, in response to an ultimatum from the student movement that warned of further demonstrations, Shahabuddin dissolved the Jatiya Sangsad.{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh parliament dissolved, president's office says |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/08/06/bangladesh-parliament-dissolved-president-s-office-says- |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Al Arabiya |date=6 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806094414/https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/08/06/bangladesh-parliament-dissolved-president-s-office-says- |url-status=live }} Additionally, a reorganization was carried out within the Bangladesh Armed Forces,{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh's president dissolves Parliament, clearing the way for elections to replace ousted leader |url=https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-protests-interim-government-bca66e8251f86deb3fe28c913d0a1444 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Associated Press |date=6 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806080943/https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-protests-interim-government-bca66e8251f86deb3fe28c913d0a1444 |url-status=live }} while Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun was removed as Inspector General of the Bangladesh Police.{{Cite web |title=Md Mainul Islam appointed IGP |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/353934/new-igp-appointed |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }} Following a meeting with student leaders on 6 August, Shahabuddin formally appointed Yunus on 7 August as head of the interim government,{{Cite web |title=Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead Bangladesh interim government |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/6/nobel-laureate-yunus-to-lead-bangladesh-interim-govt-presidents-office |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en }} Yunus, who was in Paris, returned to Dhaka on 8 August{{Cite web |title=Nobel laureate Yunus arrives in Bangladesh to take over as interim leader |url=https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-yunus-hasina-student-protests-8e72489d3f05ab50f1ea4564e5ad23aa |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Associated Press |date=8 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808063054/https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-yunus-hasina-student-protests-8e72489d3f05ab50f1ea4564e5ad23aa |url-status=live }} and was inaugurated later that day along with the rest of his cabinet at the Bangabhaban.{{Cite web |date=7 August 2024 |title=Bangladesh's interim governement [sic] led by Nobel Laureate Yunus to be sworn in on Thursday |url=https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240807-bangladesh-interim-govt-led-by-nobel-laureate-yunus-to-be-sworn-in-on-thursday-says-military |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=France 24 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Yunus sworn in as interim Bangladesh leader |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyg7we8xvno |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=BBC |date=8 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808230641/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyg7we8xvno |url-status=live }} Among those who joined the interim government as advisers were two leaders of the student movement, Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud.{{Cite web |title=Muhammad Yunus takes oath as head of Bangladesh's interim government |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/8/muhammad-yunus-takes-oath-as-head-of-bangladeshs-interim-government |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=23 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923210026/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/8/muhammad-yunus-takes-oath-as-head-of-bangladeshs-interim-government |url-status=live }}

Following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, police were absent from their duties, leading to a surge in burglaries and thefts in residential areas of Dhaka. These incidents caused widespread panic among residents, who were compelled to guard their neighborhoods at night.{{cite news|url=https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/241994/robbery-reported-in-various-places-in-dhaka|title=Panic grips Dhaka amid robbery reports|date=8 August 2024|work=New Age}} Reports indicted the presence of robbers on 6 and 7 August. During this time, banks and ATM booths were nearly out of cash due to the security crisis.{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2024/Aug/08/bangladeshis-spend-sleepless-night-amid-fears-of-robbery-and-looting-2|title=Bangladeshis spend sleepless night amid fears of robbery and looting|date=8 August 2024|newspaper=The New Indian Express}} In response, anti-robbery committees were established throughout the city.{{cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/354079/robbery-reported-in-various-areas-of-dhaka|title=Sleepless in Dhaka: Robberies reported across capital|date=8 August 2024|work=Dhaka Tribune}} Additionally, residents used social media platforms to prevent further burglaries.{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/tech-startup/news/how-social-media-mobilised-netizens-vigilantes-lawless-country-3677296|title=How social media mobilised netizens as vigilantes in a "lawless" country|first=Shams Rashid|last=Tonmoy|date=15 August 2024|newspaper=The Daily Star|archive-date=16 August 2024|access-date=16 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816032657/https://www.thedailystar.net/tech-startup/news/how-social-media-mobilised-netizens-vigilantes-lawless-country-3677296|url-status=live}} Numerous weapons were also looted from police stations and security installations nationwide. By 3 September, authorities had recovered at least 3,880 firearms, 286,353 rounds of ammunition, 22,201 tear gas shells, and 2,139 sound grenades.{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/357097/deadline-to-surrender-looted-weapons-ends-tuesday |title=Deadline to surrender looted weapons ends Tuesday |date=3 September 2024|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune}} More than 500 prisoners set free by mobs during the violence also several banned terror outfit chiefs including ABT Chief Jashimuddin Rahmani released on Bail.{{Cite web |date=6 August 2024 |title=Violence continues in B'desh; mob storms jail, sets over 500 inmates free |url=https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/violence-continues-in-b-desh-mob-storms-jail-sets-over-500-inmates-free-124080600114_1.html |website=Business Standard |access-date=19 October 2024 |archive-date=30 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130212046/https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/violence-continues-in-b-desh-mob-storms-jail-sets-over-500-inmates-free-124080600114_1.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=27 August 2024 |title=ABT chief Jashimuddin Rahmani freed on bail |url=https://www.unb.com.bd/category/Bangladesh/abt-chief-jashimuddin-rahmani-freed-on-bail/141636 |website=United News of Bangladesh}}

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On 13 August, former Awami League MP Nizam Uddin Hazari was named as a primary accused in a murder case related to the killing of an auto-rickshaw driver in Feni during the protests on 4 August. Approximately 400 other Awami League members and officials were also charged in this case, including Feni Sadar Upazila Chair Shusen Chandra Shil, the Awami League President in the upazila, and Feni Municipality Mayor Nazrul Islam Swapan Miazi.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=Murder case filed against ex-MP Nizam Uddin Hazari |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/354659/ex-mp-nizam-uddin-hazari-faces-murder-charges |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }} On 16 August, murder complaints were filed against former MPs Shahadara Mannan Shilpi, Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad, and Mohammad Saiful Islam in connection with the deaths of students during protests on 5 August.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-17 |title=Murder case filed against ex-Bogra-1 MP Sahadara Mannan |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/355090/murder-case-filed-against-ex-bogra-1-mp-sahadara |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-17 |title=2 former MPs among 119 sued over killing of schoolboy in Savar |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/355012/murder-case-filed-against-119-awami-league |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }}

On 14 August, the father of a student killed during the protests filed a petition at the International Crimes Tribunal. The petition called for an investigation into charges of genocide and crimes against humanity against Sheikh Hasina and nine other individuals, including the General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League and former Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, and former Minister of Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal over their role in the crackdown on the protests. The Awami League and its associated organizations were also named as accused in the petition. A formal investigation was initiated by the court later that day,{{Cite web |date=2024-08-15 |title=Probe starts against Hasina, 9 others for genocide, crimes against humanity |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/court/354800/probe-starts-against-hasina-9-others-for |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }} and on 8 September, legal proceedings began to extradite Sheikh Hasina.{{Cite web |date=9 September 2024 |title=Bangladesh taking steps to extradite former PM Hasina from India |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/9/bangladesh-taking-steps-to-extradite-former-pm-hasina-from-india |access-date=9 September 2024 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=9 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909143713/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/9/bangladesh-taking-steps-to-extradite-former-pm-hasina-from-india |url-status=live }} On 15 August, two additional murder charges were filed against Sheikh Hasina and several of her associates in connection with the deaths of two individuals during the protests.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-15 |title=Another case filed against Hasina over autorickshaw driver's death |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/354848/another-case-filed-against-hasina-over |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-15 |title=Hasina, 15 others sued over Madrasa student's death |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/354818/hasina-15-others-sued-over-madrasa-student%E2%80%99s |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }} On 19 August, Sheikh Hasina and 66 others were charged over the killing of a BNP ward leader in Dhaka North City Corporation during the protests on 4 August.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-19 |title=Hasina, 66 others sued for murdering BNP leader |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/355337/hasina-66-others-sued-for-murdering-bnp-leader |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }}

On 21 August, journalists Shakil Ahmed and his wife, Farzana Rupa, from the pro-Hasina channel Ekattor TV, were arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while flying to board a flight to Paris. They were suspected of instigating the killing of a garment worker during a demonstration in Uttara, Dhaka, on 5 August. Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders expressed concern over their arrest.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-22 |title=Bangladesh court sends 2 journalists to police custody for questioning as chaos continues |url=https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-journalists-hasina-media-attack-a287398718efd112eac39d6ef4529afc |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Associated Press |language=en |archive-date=23 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823042015/https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-journalists-hasina-media-attack-a287398718efd112eac39d6ef4529afc |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-22 |title=RSF expresses concern over arrest of journo Farzana Rupa |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/355756/rsf-expresses-concern-over-arrest-of-journo |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en }}

On 22 August, a United Nations (UN) team arrived in Bangladesh to discuss and understand the interim government's priorities for promoting human rights. A separate fact-finding team, to be dispatched later, will investigate human rights violations during the protests and unrest.{{Cite web |last=Hasib |first=Nurul Islam |date=22 August 2024 |title=UN team in Dhaka for exploratory discussions, not investigation |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/355650/un-team-in-dhaka-to-probe-rights-violations-during |access-date=23 August 2024 |website=Dhaka Tribune}}

On 23 August, charges were filed against former State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Farooq Shamim and at least 377 others for their role in an attack on the BNP office in Barisal on 5 August.{{Cite web |last=Swapan |first=Anisur Rahman |date=22 August 2024 |title=Case filed against former minister, 377 others for vandalizing BNP office in Barisal |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/355839/case-filed-against-former-minister-377-others-for |access-date=23 August 2024 |website=Dhaka Tribune}}

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Muhammad Yunus, who was in Paris undergoing a medical procedure at the time of Hasina's departure, hailed her resignation as Bangladesh's "second Independence Day".{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title='Today feels like a second Liberation Day,' Bangladesh Nobel laureate Yunus tells FRANCE 24 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240806-today-feels-like-a-second-liberation-day-bangladesh-nobel-laureate-yunus-tells-france-24 |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806093437/https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240806-today-feels-like-a-second-liberation-day-bangladesh-nobel-laureate-yunus-tells-france-24 |url-status=live }} He also committed to returning to Bangladesh "without delay", responding affirmatively to a request from the student movement to guide the interim government.

In her first public address following her release, Khaleda Zia commended "the brave people who were in a do-or-die struggle to make possible the impossible". She emphasized the need for restraint and advocated for "love and peace" as essential in the process of rebuilding Bangladesh. Tarique Rahman, who is currently serving as the acting chair of the BNP and is based in London, declared that "Hasina's resignation is a testament to the power of the people"{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=World reacts to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's removal from power |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/5/world-reacts-to-bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasinas-removal-from-power |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807142949/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/5/world-reacts-to-bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasinas-removal-from-power |url-status=live }} and urged for "restraint". On 7 August, during a rally in Dhaka, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Secretary General of BNP, called for the holding of fair elections within the next three months.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-08 |title=BNP wants national elections in quick time |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/354044/bnp-wants-national-elections-in-quick-time |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}} On 13 August, the BNP formally requested the UN to conduct an international investigation into the killings during the protests.{{cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/354607/bnp-requests-un-investigation-into-quota-movement |title=BNP requests UN investigation into quota movement killings |date=13 August 2024|website=Dhaka Tribune}} In a phone call with chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on 14 August, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said that such an investigation would come "very soon".{{cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/354760/un-rights-chief-tells-chief-adviser-un-led-probe |title=UN rights chief tells chief adviser: UN to begin probe into killings of protesters soon |date=14 August 2024|website=Dhaka Tribune}}

Sajeeb Wazed, the son and adviser of Sheikh Hasina, initially announced on 5 August that his mother intended to retire from politics. On 7 August, he amended this statement clarifying that both Hasina and the Awami League would continue to be active in the political landscape of Bangladesh. He further mentioned that she would return to the country once elections were declared.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-10 |title=Son says Hasina will return to Bangladesh |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy54l10z71lo |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=BBC |language=en |archive-date=10 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810060344/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy54l10z71lo |url-status=live }} On 10 August, he claimed to Reuters that Hasina is still the Prime Minister as she did not get enough time to formally submit her resignation to the President, due to protesters advancing towards her official residence.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bangladeshs-hasina-did-not-resign-before-fleeing-delhi-says-son-adviser-2024-08-09/|title=Bangladesh's Hasina did not resign before fleeing, son says|first=Krishna N.|last=Das|date=10 August 2024|work=Reuters}} Later in an interview published on 14 August, he expressed that the stand of the fifth Hasina ministry on the quota system was wrong and they should have supported the protesters from the first.{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bangladesh-unrest-govt-should-have-spoken-out-against-quota-met-protesters-says-hasina-son-9512741/|title=Bangladesh unrest: Govt should have spoken out against quota earlier, met protesters, says Hasina son|first=Ritika|last=Chopra|date=14 August 2024|work=The Indian Express|archive-date=14 August 2024|access-date=14 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814104304/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bangladesh-unrest-govt-should-have-spoken-out-against-quota-met-protesters-says-hasina-son-9512741/|url-status=live}}

On 11 August, in what is said to be her first statement published by the Indian media after her fleeing to the country, Sheikh Hasina confirmed that she resigned and conceded defeat to avoid further bloodshed. She attributed her decision to resign to pressure from the United States and urged Awami League supporters to keep their morale high.{{cite news |title=Foreign powers like US behind my ouster: Sheikh Hasina |url=https://kathmandupost.com/world/2024/08/11/foreign-powers-like-us-behind-my-ouster-sheikh-hasina |access-date=11 August 2024 |work=kathmandupost.com |language=English}} Shortly thereafter, Wazed refuted the statement as "completely false and fabricated," emphasizing that Hasina "did not make any statement before or after leaving Dhaka".{{cite news |title=Joy denies Hasina's alleged statement on US role in ouster |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/354439/joy-denies-hasina%E2%80%99s-alleged-statement-on-us-role |access-date=11 August 2024 |date=12 August 2024}} On 12 August, the Rumor Scanner Bangladesh investigated the matter and declared the reports about Sheikh Hasina's statement as fake and rumour.{{Cite web |title=ক্ষমতাচ্যুতি নিয়ে শেখ হাসিনার লেখা দাবিতে ভুয়া খোলা চিঠি ভাইরাল |url=https://rumorscanner.com/fact-check/fake-open-letter-on-the-demand-written-by-sheikh-hasina-is-viral/120089 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Rumour Scanner Bangladesh |date=12 August 2024 |language=bn-BD |archive-date=12 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812093406/https://rumorscanner.com/fact-check/fake-open-letter-on-the-demand-written-by-sheikh-hasina-is-viral/120089 |url-status=live }} On 13 August, Hasina released her first confirmed statements since her overthrow, published by Wazed, calling for an investigation into the killings during the protests. She also insisted that the police and the Awami League were victims of "terrorist aggression".{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=Bangladesh's ex-Premier Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster |url=https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-hasina-protest-murder-case-yunus-2ade106afabd85a0d9e58a7188e39e56 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Associated Press |language=en |archive-date=14 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814021955/https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-hasina-protest-murder-case-yunus-2ade106afabd85a0d9e58a7188e39e56 |url-status=live }}

• {{flag|Canada}}: Foreign minister Melanie Joly called for "all parties to work together to promote the principles of democratic and inclusive governance, respect for human rights, and the rule of law." She supported a "peaceful way forward" to resolve the crisis.{{cite news |title=Canada welcomes interim government; eyes peaceful way to resolve crisis in Bangladesh |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/canada-welcomes-interim-government-eyes-peaceful-way-resolve-crisis-bangladesh-913316 |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=The Business Standard |date=10 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=14 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814015342/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/canada-welcomes-interim-government-eyes-peaceful-way-resolve-crisis-bangladesh-913316 |url-status=live }}
• {{flag|EU}}: Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell called for "calm and restraint" stating orderly and peaceful transition towards a democratically elected government is vital. He added that human rights and democratic principles must be respected.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Western powers urge Bangladesh calm, democratic transition |url=https://arab.news/n3e4u |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Arab News |language=en}}
• {{flag|India}}: The Ministry of External Affairs stated that the Indian Government is closely monitoring the unfolding events in Bangladesh and assured continuous support to its citizens.{{Cite news |last=Haidar |first=Suhasini |date=2024-08-05 |title=MEA remains silent on Bangladesh crisis as Sheikh Hasina resigns |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-must-engage-bangladesh-army-new-government-and-people-peace-and-stability-are-priority-experts-former-diplomats/article68489663.ece |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806022312/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-must-engage-bangladesh-army-new-government-and-people-peace-and-stability-are-priority-experts-former-diplomats/article68489663.ece |url-status=live }} It advised Indian nationals to exercise utmost caution while in Bangladesh and to maintain regular contact with the High Commission of India in Dhaka. In response to the situation, India has placed its Border Security Force on high alert along its 4,096 km border with Bangladesh. Additionally, India has suspended all train and flight services to Dhaka,{{Cite web |title=S Jaishankar Meets PM Modi As Sheikh Hasina Flees Bangladesh After Army Takeover |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bangladesh-protests-sheikh-hasina-resigns-bangladesh-army-gave-sheikh-hasina-45-minutes-to-quit-top-developments-6267616 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=NDTV.com |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806013813/https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bangladesh-protests-sheikh-hasina-resigns-bangladesh-army-gave-sheikh-hasina-45-minutes-to-quit-top-developments-6267616 |url-status=live }} while the state government of Meghalaya has enforced a night curfew in areas bordering Bangladesh. The movement of goods at the Petrapole border crossing has also been put on hold.{{Cite web |title=India steps up border security after Bangladesh crisis |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93ppx7lg0go |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=BBC |date=6 August 2024 |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806084105/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93ppx7lg0go |url-status=live }} The Delhi Police increased security at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.{{Cite web |title=Security beefed up at Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/delhi/security-beefed-up-at-bangladesh-high-commission-in-delhi-3137504 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Deccan Herald |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807155439/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/delhi/security-beefed-up-at-bangladesh-high-commission-in-delhi-3137504 |url-status=live }} In his Independence Day address on 15 August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced concern over the unrest in Bangladesh and expressed hope that "the situation gets normal there soon".{{cite news |title=India's Modi voices concern over unrest in neighboring Bangladesh and attacks on Hindus there |url=https://apnews.com/article/indian-prime-minister-modi-concern-bangladesh-hasina-hindus-5e1b76e144ea4d1205b789afc4638a2d |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=Associated Press |archive-date=15 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815082323/https://apnews.com/article/indian-prime-minister-modi-concern-bangladesh-hasina-hindus-5e1b76e144ea4d1205b789afc4638a2d |url-status=live }}
• {{flag|Russia}}: The Foreign Ministry described the events as an "internal affair" of Bangladesh and expressed hope for a quick return to constitutional norms.{{Cite web |last=Hasib |first=Nurul Islam |title=Russia: Changes an internal affair of Bangladesh government |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/353801/russia-changes-an-internal-affair-of-bangladesh |website=Dhaka Tribune}}
• {{flag|UK}}: Foreign Secretary David Lammy urged the UN to conduct a comprehensive and independent probe into the recent events in Bangladesh. The spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer labeled the violence as "completely unacceptable", expressing deep concern over the "significant loss of life, including of students, children and law enforcement officers". Meanwhile, the Bangladeshi community in Whitechapel, London, celebrated the removal of Sheikh Hasina from power.
• {{flag|UN}}: Secretary-General António Guterres called for a "peaceful, orderly and democratic transition". His spokesperson, Farhan Haq, advocated for an independent, impartial, and transparent investigation into the violence.
• {{flag|USA}}: The White House issued a call for the formation of a democratic interim government and has urged all involved parties to cease further violence and expedite the restoration of peace.{{Cite web |title=U.S. Urges Peaceful Resolution Amid Bangladesh Leadership Crisis |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/3042881-us-urges-peaceful-resolution-amid-bangladesh-leadership-crisis |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Devdiscourse |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805183840/https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/3042881-us-urges-peaceful-resolution-amid-bangladesh-leadership-crisis |url-status=live }} It also denied accusations attributed to Sheikh Hasina that the US was involved in her overthrow.{{Cite web |title=US rejects involvement in removing Hasina from power |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/354576/us-rejects-involvement-in-removing-hasina-from |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}} In an advisory released on 6 August, US citizens were strongly advised against traveling to Bangladesh due to "civil unrest, crime, and terrorism".

File:One point movement of Bangladesh in Shaheed Minar 16.jpg|Protesters at Central Shaheed Minar

File:One point movement of Bangladesh in Notre Dame College 77.jpg|A female protester holding sign reading {{lang|bn|মানবে না হার এই গণজোয়ার}} ("This mass wave won't give up")

File:One point movement of Bangladesh in DU 52.jpg|A protester holding a sign reading {{lang|bn|১৮ কোটি গুলি আছে তো?}} ("Have 180 million bullets [for 180 million people]?")

File:One point movement in Shahbag 18.jpg|A rickshaw puller saluting the protesters

File:Victory celebration after one point movement in Shahbag, Dhaka 74.jpg|People celebrating Sheikh Hasina's resignation at Shahbag

File:জাতীয় সংসদে সাধারণ জনগণ.jpg|General mass occupying the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban after the fall of Hasina

File:Public Celebrations in Rajshahi City after the Resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Victory of the 2024 Bangladesh Quota Reform Movement 18.jpg|Public celebration in Rajshahi City

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