What’s next for Bangladesh’s divisive student politics?

Student-led downfall of autocratic leader has catalysed national conversation about the place of politics on university campuses typically beset by violence

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August 19, 2024

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August 21, 2024

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Students chant slogans as they protest to demand accountability and trial against Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, near Dhaka University in the capital on August 12, 2024

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