Can a Nobel laureate lead Bangladesh into a new era?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
There is cautious optimism as Bangladesh grapples with the aftermath of its student-led protests. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus now leads a hopeful interim government tasked with securing elections. Will Bangladesh achieve true stability, or will a tumultuous political saga enter a new phase?
In this episode:
- Tanvir Chowdhury (@tanvirbengal), Al Jazeera Bangladesh Correspondent/Producer
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker, Chloe K. Li, and Sonia Bhagat with Amy Walters, Khaled Soltan, Duha Mosaad, Veronique Eshaya, Shraddha Joshi, Hagir Saleh, Manahil Naveed, and our host Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, in the absence of a Prime Minister, a Nobel laureate steps in Bangladesh. |
| 0:17.0 | And for that, Bangladesh has gotten a second independence. |
| 0:22.6 | We have to protect this freedom. |
| 0:24.6 | Otherwise, there is no value in it. |
| 0:29.6 | Many are calling it the country's second independence, |
| 0:32.6 | but there's still a lot of work to be done. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Malika Bilal, and this is the take. |
| 0:45.5 | This is the first Zanzi student revolution in the 21st century, which toppled a government, a dictatorial government. |
| 0:58.0 | And it's an inspiration for students everywhere. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm Tanvi Chaudhry. I'm the correspondent for Al Jazeera television in Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
| 1:09.0 | So Tanvir, where am I catching you? I hear the busy sounds of Dhaka |
| 1:13.0 | behind you. I'm in a northern part of the capital city, Dhaka. It's an area called Gulshan. |
| 1:19.9 | Our office is right next to a crossroads. There's a lot of traffic at this time because the |
| 1:24.9 | business hour just ended. So everyone's going home. |
| 1:28.4 | Well, that's a good place to start. |
| 1:30.9 | It's envier. |
| 1:31.3 | It's very nice to have you on the take. |
| 1:32.9 | Welcome back. |
| 1:34.2 | It's a good place to start because that means life might be back to normal for people. |
| 1:40.0 | I know it's been a chaotic few weeks. |
| 1:43.0 | We've been trying to get in touch with you for a few weeks, but in between communication |
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