Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | New regime in Bangladesh | Lessons for India & South Asia | Ep #163
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As Bangladesh boiled over- -Its Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled Dhaka after being in power for 15 years- she is now at an undisclosed location in India after landing at the Hindon airbase on Delhi’s outskirts, -  Days of protests and violence, then saw mobs ransacking Hasina’s homes and Mujib’s memorial. Attacks on Hasina’s Awami League supporters and their properties have seen minorities, particularly Hindus being targeted. - The military moved in to stabilize the situation and a new interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus has now taken charge. His priority, he said, was “save the country from anarchy”, and warned protestors against attacking any minorities. Read more here.
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