Bangladesh on edge after coup

SHEIKH HASINA WAZED WAS PROUD of her house.

- CHARLIE CAMPBELL

When the Bangladeshi Prime Minister welcomed TIME to her Ganabhaban official residence in Dhaka last fall, she spent half an hour giving a personal tour of the manicured grounds, stippled with pomelo trees and swing sets for her grandchildren. But on Aug. 5, with furious protesters closing in, Hasina was forced to flee her palatial home in a helicopter. Jubilant crowds clambered onto the Ganabhaban's roof and carried away spoils including furniture, pets, and Hasina's own silk saris. In a televised address, the army chief, General Waker-uz-Zaman, confirmed that Hasina, 76, had resigned and that he would form an interim government. "I am taking full responsibility," he said.