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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Krutika Pathi

How a student-run uprising led to the ouster of Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister

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In a video that lit up social media feeds in Bangladesh, jubilant protesters climbed atop a statue of Sheikh Mujib Rahman, the country’s first leader after independence, and beat it with iron rods and axes as people below hooted and cheered.

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