Investigating Sheikh Hasina’s final days in Bangladesh
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
A student uprising shook Bangladesh, toppling its most powerful leader. After 15 years in office, Sheikh Hasina’s grip on power broke under the pressure of a movement that began with a dispute over government jobs, and ended with her fleeing the country. To mark the anniversary, here’s the first episode of 36 July: Uprising in Bangladesh, the new season of Al Jazeera Investigates.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hey, it's Kevin Horton. |
| 0:09.8 | You've probably heard me here on the take, but when I'm not guest hosting, I host another |
| 0:14.6 | podcast called Al Jazeera Investigates, and today we're bringing you something special. |
| 0:31.2 | A year ago today, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced out of power in Bangladesh, |
| 0:36.6 | stepping down and fleeing the country after weeks of chaotic and violent protests. To mark the anniversary, we're sharing the first episode of 36 July Uprising in Bangladesh. |
| 0:44.3 | It's the new season of Al Jazeera Investigates and it tells the story of what happened. |
| 0:49.3 | I've spent the last few months talking to the people who lived through this uprising, students, doctors, |
| 0:55.8 | journalists. You'll hear from them and also Hasina herself. |
| 1:03.4 | They are out there chanting slogans about slapping freedom fighters. When I hear that, |
| 1:10.7 | I lose my temper. |
| 1:13.2 | The story that emerges is devastating, inspiring, and in many ways, universal. |
| 1:19.6 | New episodes of Al Jazeera investigates drop every two weeks, |
| 1:23.0 | and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:26.1 | Here's episode one. It's mythical this place. |
| 1:47.0 | This is not a place that is known by most of Bangladesh's. This was a place of incredible fear. |
| 1:51.0 | This is Andalib Chowdhury. She's a professor of English. |
| 1:56.0 | She is one of a handful of people walking through the ruined remains of one of Bangladesh's most famous buildings. |
| 2:04.6 | This is Ghanobabon. |
| 2:08.6 | The House of the People? That's what it means. |
| 2:11.6 | Gono means people and this is the House of the People. |
| 2:14.6 | It looks horrible. |
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