Bangladesh PM has resigned and left country, reports say

Sheikh Hasina's reported departure comes as fresh wave of violent protests erupts across country

The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has resigned and left the country, media reports say, amid some of the country's worst violence since the birth of the south Asian nation more than 50 years ago.

Celebrations erupted among the crowds who had been on the streets of the capital, Dhaka, for another day of protests amid reports that Hasina had been airlifted from the prime minister's residence by military helicopter began to reach them.