‘Life in danger’: Sheikh Hasina reveals why she fled Bangladesh; calls August protests an ‘insurrection’

Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she fled the country on August 5 last year “out of necessity”. She claimed that remaining in Bangladesh, which was battling widespread protests against Hasina, would have endangered her life and the “safety of those around her”.“Staying would not only have put my life in danger, but […]