Sheikh hasina: The last dictator of bengal (hopefully)
The latest protests were the most serious challenge Ms Hasina faced since taking office, and followed a highly controversial election in which her party was re-elected for a fourth straight parliamentary term.The unrest began with a demand to abolish quotas in civil service jobs but turned into a wider anti-government movement as she used the police to violently crack down on protesters, killing more than 200 and injuring many more. Amid increasing calls for her to resign, she had remained defiant. She condemned the agitators as “terrorists” and appealed for support to “suppress these terrorists with a firm hand”. She also threw hundreds of people into jail and brought criminal charges against hundreds more.
The agitation against quotas came as Bangladesh struggled with the escalating cost of living in the wake of the pandemic. Inflation has skyrocketed, the country’s foreign exchange reserves have dropped precipitously, and its foreign debt has doubled since 2016.
Critics blamed this on Ms Hasina’s government’s mismanagement, and say that Bangladesh’s previous economic success only helped those close to Ms Hasina’s Awami League due to endemic corruption.
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HASINA - THE LOOTER OF BANKS
The banking sector has become fragile in the last 15 years during the rule of the Sheikh Hasina-led government and the situation is even worse now than what one can think, said Selim RF Hussain, chairman of the Association of Bankers Association (ABB).
Hussain made the comments at a dialogue at the Lakeshore Hotel in Dhaka organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) to discuss the challenges of the interim government and what it should do now.
SHE'S KILLER HASINA
SHE'S KILLER HASINA
SHE'S KILLER HASINA