The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to debar traveling to Bangladesh owed to escalating civilian unrest, transgression and coercion aft the South Asian country's premier curate fled the state successful a chopper arsenic a mob of protesters breached the palace.
The State Department updated its question advisory connected Monday, which besides ordered each non-emergency U.S. authorities employees and their families to permission the country.
"Travelers should not question to Bangladesh owed to ongoing civil unrest in Dhaka," the State Department wrote successful the advisory. "Violent clashes person occurred successful the city of Dhaka, its neighboring areas, and passim Bangladesh, and the Bangladeshi Army is deployed nationwide."
The State Department said that Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport temporarily paused operations connected Monday, urging travelers to cheque their airlines to corroborate the presumption of aboriginal flights.
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The advisory warned that owed to these question restrictions, on with a deficiency of infrastructure and enactment from the Bangladeshi government, the U.S. government's quality to supply exigency services to U.S. citizens whitethorn beryllium limited.
This directive follows the resignation of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina connected Monday, which ended her 15-year tenure.
Hasina's departure was spurred aft thousands of protesters stormed her residence, starring her to flight by subject chopper to neighboring India.
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The convulsive protests, which person resulted in astir 300 deaths, began arsenic a question against occupation quotas successful authorities positions and evolved into a run to oust Hasina.
In the aftermath of Hasina fleeing the country, Bangladesh's subject has taken power and says it volition soon signifier an interim government.
On Tuesday, Bangladesh’s president dissolved parliament and cleared the mode for elections to find a caller premier minister.
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