Global Uprising: Asia Iron Lady resigns and flees country – Bangladesh in chaos and violence after week of protests.

"Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country following weeks of violent anti-government protests." 

Shaikh Hasina is a World Economic Forum agent and Bangladesh is a member state of the British Commonwealth and has a Westminster style of democracy in its current parliament. 

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