Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and left the country due to the ongoing protests.
The country's longtime leader defied a national ban on attacking the prime minister's palace in Dhaka, one of his aides told Al Jazeera.
'Fighting now': What to do after Bangladesh's border protests intensify? End of the line Nearly 300 people have died in weeks of protests that authorities have tried to quell. After a night of deadly violence that left nearly 100 people dead on Sunday, tensions continued on Monday as protesters called for a march on Dhaka and the military prepared to speaking to the nation.
However, in the early evening, the media reported that the mood on the streets had turned to euphoria following the news of Hasina's resignation.
Chief of Army Staff General Walker Oz-Zaman has canceled his planned speech and is holding talks with major political parties, including the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
