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A spokesperson for the party of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has told AFP the opposition leader was released after years of house arrest.

Bangladesh’s Parliament has been dissolved, a day after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following weeks of deadly unrest.

Organisers of student-led protests met army officials, insisting they will not accept a military-led government.

Protesters say Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus should head the interim government.