Another Take: Why Bangladeshi students say protests aren’t over
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on July 31, 2024. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.
As internet connections gradually come back online in Bangladesh after deadly protests sparked a shutdown, we hear what students experienced and why they say the protests are not over.
In this episode:
- Nazifa Zahnat, student protester
- Prapti Taposhi, student protester
- Tasneem, student protester
Episode credits:
This episode was updated by Amy Walters. The original production team was Tamara Khandaker, Amy Walters, and Sonia Bhagat, with Duha Musaad, Veronique Eshaya, Manahil Naveed, and our host Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Aya Elmileik is lead of audience engagement. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, it's Amy Walter, Senior Producer with the Take, back with another take, where we bring you episodes from the past. |
| 0:19.0 | Today, we revisit the student-led protest movement that |
| 0:23.5 | started almost a year ago and ousted Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. |
| 0:30.4 | Hasina was the longest serving female head of government in the history of Bangladesh. |
| 0:35.9 | What began as a protest over a quota system for jobs |
| 0:39.4 | erupted into nationwide protests |
| 0:42.6 | with around 1,400 people dead. |
| 0:46.2 | On June 1st, prosecutors charged Hasina |
| 0:48.8 | with crimes against humanity for the killings. |
| 0:52.6 | But she's been in India since fleeing last August and continues to resist extradition. |
| 0:59.0 | Back in 2024, we spoke with one of our own producers, to Marika and Dacker, who'd been |
| 1:05.8 | following the situation there. |
| 1:08.3 | Here's that episode now. |
| 1:10.1 | None of the dates or other references have been |
| 1:12.6 | changed from July 31st, 2024, when it originally aired. |
| 1:36.3 | Music. The Today, voices from the student protests in Bangladesh. This is not about Kota anymore. |
| 1:39.3 | Things would have been about Kota before all the bloodshed happened, before our brothers and sisters were dead. |
| 1:46.6 | As internet connections gradually come back online, we hear what students experienced and why they say the protests are not over. |
| 1:57.6 | I'm Malika Bilal and this is The Take. |
| 2:13.9 | I think any Bangladeshi person can recognize the seriousness of this moment and it really feels like people's frustrations have reached a boiling point. |
| 2:20.8 | I'm Tamara Kandakar. I'm a producer at The Take based in Toronto. |
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