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Bangladesh: PM Hasina Resigns, Flees After Military Coup

Bangladesh: PM Hasina Resigns, Flees After Military Coup

Above: Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh speaks as National Statements are delivered on day two of the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference at SECC on November 01, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Image copyright: Ian Forsyth/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Spin

This is a sad end to Hasina's 15-year grip on power. She led the country through economic growth, so much so that in 2021, Bangladesh's per capita income surpassed India's. Yet her failure to address dissent effectively cost her her long rule.

Hasina's departure is the culmination of an increasingly autocratic rule, which included the jailing and killing of opposition leaders and activists. It was just a matter of time before people stood up against her repressive and corrupt acts and demanded her deposition.


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