Timeline: Events leading up to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s resignation

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 76, resigned on Monday and fled the country as more than 300 people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation more than five decades ago.

Announcing the development in an address to the nation, Bangladesh army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman said he would “form an interim government”. It is unclear, however, if he would head the caretaker government himself.

“We will form an interim government,” Waker said. “The country has suffered a lot...