Inside Bangladesh’s political earthquake
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled to India. This happens after a month of student-led protests calling for her resignation. Nearly 300 have died as a result of clashes between protesters and security forces. What will this mean for Bangladesh?
In this episode:
- Zulkarnain Saer Khan (@ZulkarnainSaer), Investigative Journalist
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan and Chloe K. Li, with Duha Mossad, Veronique Eshaya and our host Kevin Hirten, in for 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, a political earthquake in the streets of Bangladesh. |
| 0:16.0 | After weeks of deadly protests and crackdowns, |
| 0:23.1 | Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country. |
| 0:29.3 | I'm Kevin Hurtin, and this is the take. |
| 0:46.3 | When a Prudan nunth Monday in an address for the nation. |
| 0:52.3 | We will form an interim government for now to run the country. |
| 0:58.1 | Bangladesh now faces a very uncertain future, but how did we get here? |
| 1:04.7 | People are saying it is our second independent since we got independent from the Pakistan |
| 1:09.9 | in 1971. They're saying that |
| 1:12.7 | 5th of August would become our second independence day in the history of Bangladesh. I'm |
| 1:21.6 | Zulkernan Sair Khan. I'm an investigative journalist and researcher. I'm a contract with |
| 1:27.1 | Al Jazeera's investigative unit. |
| 1:29.5 | Sayre, you and I have worked together for years. |
| 1:32.6 | We've known each other for years. |
| 1:33.8 | You were a whistleblower. |
| 1:35.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:35.6 | You worked as an investigative journalist, a vocal critic of Sheikh Asina and the ruling |
| 1:40.7 | Awami League. |
| 1:42.0 | I know that you and your family have been threatened by this government and its supporters. |
| 1:47.1 | So what was your first thought when you first saw that she stepped down? |
| 1:52.1 | My first thought was, of course, like it was a massive relief. |
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