Watch: Sheikh Hasina, sister leave Dhaka to 'safer place' as protests grip Bangladesh

In the backdrop of fresh violence in Bangladesh that claimed the lives of at least 300 people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the country, according to multiple reports from the country’s language dailies.  As per the local media reports, Sheikh Hasina departed from Bangabhaban at around 2:30 p.m. on Monday on a military helicopter, accompanied by her younger sister, Sheikh Rehana, for a "safer place."