The country of Bangladesh was rocked in recent days after a high-profile resignation in the country's high court. 

According to France24, in the wake of fresh protests after the installation of a new interim government, Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan announced his resignation from the Bangladesh Supreme Court.

The interim government is being led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.

Chief Justice Hassan resigned after massive protests developed outside of the country's Supreme Court building, with protesters demanding that several judges resign their positions.

What's going on?

Bangladesh is clearly in a state of total chaos, which was evident several days ago when a "mass uprising forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India."

Clearly, the country needed a government after its leader fled to another country, which resulted in the rise of Yunus. The pressure from the protesters, made up of students and other demonstrators, has obviously worked.

France24 noted:

Asif Nazrul, law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser to the interim government, said in a video message posted on Facebook that his office received the resignation letter and they would forward it to the country’s figurehead President Mohammed Shahabuddin for further procedures.

Shockingly, in later developments, five other "top judges" in the country's Supreme Court tendered their resignations shortly after as the protests became even more intense.

The new judges resigned after the new, interim government agreed to essentially rearrange the country's Supreme Court bench, a top demand from the large number of protesters.

🇧🇩 The Chief Justice of Bangladesh's highest court has agreed to resign after facing intense pressure from protesters surrounding the Supreme Court. #BangladeshCrisis pic.twitter.com/lMpNXHmAML

— Beats in Brief (@beatsinbrief) August 10, 2024

A "whole new system"

The student demonstrators made their demands clear in the lead-up to the mass resignations.

"We all believe that these justices have not only favoured the previous government, but we also believe they have been in the pockets of that party. So, we don’t want any corrupt justices in the judiciary,” said Tahsim Uzzaman, a 26-year-old student.

He added, "We want a whole new system – the entire point of the movement is no discrimination and that’s not possible if there is still corruption in place."

More shake-ups in the Bangladeshian government are expected in the coming days.