Bangladesh’s army foiled an attempt by former and serving officers to oust Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed’s government, a military spokesman said.
“Instigated by some non-resident Bangladeshis, some serving and retired officers with extreme religious views have tried to create disorder in the army,” Brigadier General Muhammad Masud Razzaq said in a statement yesterday. The conspiracy was a bid “to topple the system of democratic governance through the army,” Razzaq said.
