{"id":66042,"date":"2024-08-05T19:39:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T10:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2024\/aug\/05\/bangladesh-protesters-storm-prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-residence-dhaka-ganabhaban-video"},"modified":"2024-08-05T19:39:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T10:39:52","slug":"bangladesh-protesters-storm-pms-residence-in-dhaka-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=66042","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh: protesters storm PM\u2019s residence in Dhaka \u2013 video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Footage from a local broadcaster shows protesters looting the official residence of the prime minister in Bangladesh&#8217;s capital after news that the incumbent, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and fled the country. Some of the protesters could be seen carrying chairs from the Ganabhaban.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of people have been killed in anti-government protests that have swept across Bangladesh in recent days. Mobile internet access was cut off in an attempt to quell the unrest. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s leading Bengali-language newspaper, Prothom Alo, said at least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, had died in the violence. Channel 24 reported at least 85 deaths<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/aug\/04\/bangladesh-anti-government-protests-dhaka-sheikh-hasina\">Almost 100 people killed in Bangladesh as protesters renew call for PM to quit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2024\/aug\/05\/bangladesh-protesters-storm-prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-residence-dhaka-ganabhaban-video\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Footage from a local broadcaster shows protesters looting the official residence of the prime minister in Bangladesh&#8217;s capital after news that the incumbent, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and fled the country. Some of the protesters could be seen carryin&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[327,80,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bangladesh","category-protest","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66043,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66042\/revisions\/66043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}