‘International Media Seem To Be Celebrating Hasina’s Fall, Ignoring Attacks on Bangladeshi Hindus’: Sanjeev Sanyal | INTERVIEW

‘International Media Seem To Be Celebrating Hasina’s Fall, Ignoring Attacks on Bangladeshi Hindus’: Sanjeev Sanyal | INTERVIEW

Violence against minorities, particularly Hindus, who constitute 8 per cent of Bangladesh’s population and their resilient protests to be allowed to live with human rights and dignity continue simultaneously in the country, even a week after the sudden regime change. But the way the International press has covered it, it seems “celebratory, in most parts”, …

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How Gen Z Women And Military Transformed Bangladesh

How Gen Z Women And Military Transformed Bangladesh

Protests began last month over a court decision to reintroduce loathed quotas for government jobs. Dhaka: Adored by her classmates and defiant even after police seized her, student Nusrat Tabassum is one of the many women who helped spearhead the movement that toppled autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina. Sizable protests against Hasina’s 15-year rule were nothing …

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