Bangladesh crisis top developments: India halts flights, train to Dhaka; 300 Indian trucks stuck

Bangladesh plunged into yet another episode of political strife after Sheikh Hasina fled the country on Monday. Hasina, who resigned as the Bangladesh Prime Minister following the nationwide student protests, landed in India in a military aircraft along with her sister Sheikh Rehana.

As Bangladesh Army sets up an interim government, here are top five updates:

1: Around 300 trucks are reportedly stuck on the Bangladeshi side of the Indo-Bangla border, an Indian Express report says. The report added that all movements to and from Petrapole – the land port on the Indian side – have been stopped due to the ongoing crisis. On an average, roughly 500 trucks move from India to Bangladesh via this land port. It is the largest land port in entire South Asia. The Indian Express report said that over 20 lakh people cross the Petrapole check post annually.

2: Not only trucks, other services such as train and flights also face major disruption due to the unrest. Soon after the news broke out of the protests spiraling into major crisis, India announced complete suspension of all train services between the two nations. An Economic Times report said that an Indian passenger train was stuck in Bangladesh at the moment.