Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flees Dhaka to India in a military helicopter as her apartment is stormed

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   Banquo

   August 5, 2024

   It is a great pity watching Bangladesh come to this. Sheikh Hasina could have gone down in history as a great prime minister, similar to South Africa’s president Nelson Mandela.

   Bangladesh’s gross domestic product has been growing at around 8% a year for about a decade. Many women have entered the workforce and acquired a strong personal financial footing thanks to a growing garment industry, which neighbouring countries like Pakistan have been less capable to get a foothold in

   Ms Hasina is in theory an also sympathetic leader because she is a female leader surrounded by countries ruled by men and because pretty much her whole family was murdered in the moulding of her country. She has suffered greatly to get to where she is, but she has never known when to let go. Instead of accepting that she has served her country well enough and accepting that giving up power is a natural part of the political process, she let herself turn into a quasi-dictator, letting down Bangladesh, Asia, women, workers and allies who wished her well in the process.

   It really is a pity that it has come to this, because Bangladesh was, as a developing country, on the right path. But people should beware about giving a leader too much power because it will get to their head. The same thing happened to Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who started out well but descended into authoritarianism as his power became unchallenged,

   Remember to always challenge power. Even if the status quo seems perfectly acceptable. Somewhere deep inside, there is always something wrong with it.

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   Footage of Sheikh Hasina’s plane leving Dhaka to India – Mark Camilleri

   August 7, 2024

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