https://znetwork.org/author/intifarchowdhury/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:53:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/intifarchowdhury/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-dream-is-to-reform-bangladesh-can-a-new-leader-steer-the-country-towards-democracy/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-dream-is-to-reform-bangladesh-can-a-new-leader-steer-the-country-towards-democracy/#respond Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270774 When Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled in the face of a mass uprising last week, a power vacuum was left in the 170 million-person country. After Hasina left the country, the army took over and swiftly established an interim government to steer Bangladesh towards free and fair elections within three months. Amid hopes for genuine societal reform, however, people [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-dream-is-to-reform-bangladesh-can-a-new-leader-steer-the-country-towards-democracy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/young-people-brought-down-bangladeshs-repressive-leader-will-they-now-be-empowered-to-lead-real-change/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/young-people-brought-down-bangladeshs-repressive-leader-will-they-now-be-empowered-to-lead-real-change/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270461 “Inni, we are independent!” my 26-year-old cousin chanted from Shahbagh, a neighbourhood in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, as millions joined a major protest march on Monday to the country’s Parliament House. Soon after, social media was flooded with news of “a new independence” – a free Bangladesh reborn after the autocratic leader of over 15 years, Prime Minister [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/young-people-brought-down-bangladeshs-repressive-leader-will-they-now-be-empowered-to-lead-real-change/feed/ 0