BANGLADESH’S Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned on Saturday following new protests, as the country’s interim government started functioning days after a mass uprising forced prime minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India.

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.

Five other top judges in the Supreme Court also resigned later on Saturday, in an attempt by the new government to reorganise the judiciary.