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Bangladesh : Sheikh Hasina Out, What's Next?

Dr Ali Riaz, President , American Institute of Bangladesh Studies

07-Aug-24 07:45

Bangladesh : Sheikh Hasina Out, What's Next?

Following weeks of student protests which resulted in at least 400 demonstrators killed, Sheikh Hasina has resigned as prime minister and fled to India. The Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has been named by the country's president as interim PM until elections are held. Dr Ali Riaz, President of the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies, analyses the current developments and what the way forward might be.

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Produced by: Jake Lim

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam, Shazana Mokhtar


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