Dhaka, Feb. 14 -- Assigned defenders pulled the rug from under her feet and the prime minister lost her control over the helm of affairs and eventually fled the country amid a student-mass upsurge.

This is how Sheikh Hasina was ousted as premier on August 5, 2024, as reported in detail by the UN fact-finding mission on what happened in Bangladesh during the changeover.

According to the report, released Wednesday, extrajudicial killings took place to suppress the 'March on Dhaka' (5 August) announcements by the protest leaders. And information obtained by intelligence agencies gave Bangladesh's political leadership the knowledge that the protest movement was planning a major protest march towards the centre.

On the morning of 4 August, ...