The statement came in response to a question as to whether she would quit.
“The situation is such that this is a possibility, but I don’t know how it will happen,” the aide close to the premier told the agency, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The son of PM Hasina, meanwhile, urged the country’s security forces to block any takeover from her rule as hundreds of thousands of protesters want her to go.
“Your duty is to keep our people safe and our country safe and to uphold the constitution,” AFP reported quoting a Facebook post by US-based Sajeeb Wazed Joy. “It means don’t allow any unelected government to come in power for one minute, it is your duty.”
Demonstrations that started in July against job quotas have escalated into some of the worst unrest of Hasina’s 15-year rule, triggering calls for the 76-year-old to resign. At least 101 people, including 14 policemen, were killed in clashes on Sunday, leading newspaper Prothom Alo reported.The violence forced authorities to cut off mobile internet and enforce a nationwide curfew for an indefinite period.