My people. Proud Dual Citizen here, so I'm always betting on them. 🇧🇩

There's a wikipedia article describing it as a coup.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bangladeshi_military_coup

As per local reports, the Bangladesh Army gave a 45-minute ultimatum to the Hasina to step down.

@Keepcalmandchill Described as successful coup.

+1 that this should resolve as Bangladesh, @Keepcalmandchill .

@mods Creator inactive?

There is a coup in Bangladesh and Sheikh Hasina has been deposed, a military junta has taken over

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/05/world/bangladesh-protests/here-are-the-latest-developments

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/26315549/bangladesh-coup-riot-protesters-army-palace-leader/

News confirming this

From what I've read, that is not a coup. Popular pressure leading a government to resign is not a coup. (I might be mistaken that this is what happened, though).

I'd personally call this a coup: The PM fled(!) due to what seems to be threat of violence, not just pressure. Additionally, the army has formed an "interim government". So I think it's fair to call it a military coup. As for media, BBC isn't calling it a coup yet, but Indian news is: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/bangladeshs-sheikh-hasina-quits-flies-out-amid-massive-protests-report-6267468

I mean, given how many protesters were murdered by security forces , her fear for her safety was probably justified, coup or no coup.

And it does not seem the military want to hold power; the President is involved in the process, not sidelined, and notable figures like Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus have been approached to help with forming the new government (he accepted, although it's not yet clear if he'll be the new Prime Minister). The President has dissolved Parliament, which hopefully will mean new elections will be called soon.

The situation may deteriorate, but I think calling it a coup is either premature or, in the case of India, likely self-interested.

Reading about the ultimatum given by the military changed my mind. It was a coup and this should resolve.

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If the United States and international observers have a consensus that Venezuela's President was not the actual winner of the popular vote, then a coup will have occurred on the day the next term was intended to begin, correct?

@SaviorofPlant https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/26/americas/bolivia-coup-attempt-claims-intl-latam/index.html

Bolivia’s President Luis Arce denounced the “irregular mobilization of certain units of the Bolivian military” on Wednesday in a post on X amid claims that the army was mounting a coup. “You need to respect democracy,” he said.

Random translated stuff from Twitter (unclear how reliable these sources are):

Coup d'état in #Bolivia : Tear gas explosions and chaos are recorded in the Government Palace. General Zúñiga stated: "We are going to recover this country. Enough of humiliating the military. We have come to express annoyance" (https://x.com/UltimoMinutoCo/status/1806063967741018541)

#BREAKING in #Bolivia “there will be a new cabinet” said Army General Juan José Zúñiga, confirming a possible coup against the socialist president, Luis Arce.

(https://x.com/michelleriveraa/status/1806063966692512081)

Lol why is this the highest non-other? Y'all realize that the IDF would never let it happen

Not to mention that the PNA is not a "country".

Would the US Supreme Court's 2000 appointment of Bush, who lost the election by a fair count, count?

@MaybeNotDepends more so fair statistical analysis - they did the "stop the count" and got Bush "elected" / selected by neo-coup methods. Gore won Florida by thousands of votes.

@MaybeNotDepends I haven't seen it referred to as a coup by any significant media or acedemic sources, so I would say no.

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@RatUziCat

Ya never know

@33 ahahaha thanks, I didn't have that reference!