Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigns, interim government to be formed 

FILE - Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Chairperson of Bangladesh Awami League, shows a victory sign while speaking to the press in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 7, 2024. (Prime Minister's office/Handout via Reuters) People celebrate the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Aug. 5, 2024.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday and fled the country, multiple sources said, as more people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation more than five decades ago.