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Sheikh Hasina gets her Marcos moment but Bangladesh’s troubles are far from over
Years of toxic politics and political repression will make finding an acceptable civilian government challenging.
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People celebrate the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Aug 5.
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A dramatic flight out of the country to escape mobs of angry people, tired of your autocratic ways, closing in on your home. Refuge in a friendly country that has deep influence in your own.
What’s just happened in Bangladesh has shades of the revolution that toppled the late Ferdinand Marcos more than three decades ago. Indeed, many Bangladeshis are cheering a “Bangla Spring”.
