Sheikh Hasina resigned in August 2024 as a long-term Prime Minister of Bangladesh, which turned into an honor in a respected AT-generation after the deadly protests that launched on a controversial quota system for government jobs.
Hasina fled to India, while other members of her Awami League Party were arrested or hid in connection with protests.
Today, in the capital, Dhaka, the main office of the powerful opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Hasina is a center of activity, led by Hasina rival and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
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Many BNP members, including those who were imprisoned under charges, included grafts, vandalism, and violence, which was now politically motivated during Hazina’s 15 years of BNP season.
Abdus Salam, a prominent BNP leader, told DW that the only change since Hasina escaped in India in August 2024 is the political freedom.
“We were hidden during this time last year. We were not ready to live in our homes. We were facing many court matters. We did not have a normal life. This misery could end,” he said.
In another busy Dhaka Street, an apparel factory activist, Ambia, told DW that when she praised the students who led the previous year’s rebellion to bring changes in their country, she said that her expectations have not yet been received.
“I hoped the chaos would end, and people would not politicize every incident,” Ambia said. “Whenever political parties happen, they create many issues. I did not expect that the spirit of security has not returned yet.”
The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, a former banker and leading economist, aims to hold an election in April 2026, stating that time is needed about implementing constitutional reforms, changes in electoral process and progress in judicial freedom and press freedom.
However, Yunus’s administration did not rule out the possibility of elections in February, demanded by BNP and its colleagues.
Violation of rights and emergence of Islamists
Bangladesh has seen some economic progress, but human rights are a matter of concern.
London -based Rights Group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated that Yunus -led interim government is “falling” on its promise to improve human rights in Bangladesh.
“Some fear and Daman marked the 15 -year rule of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party, and disappeared widely applied abuses,” according to, according to. , Permission,
“However, the interim government has used arbitrary detention to target alleged political opponents and has not yet distributed systemic reforms to protect human rights.”
Meenakshi Ganguly, director of HRW Deputy Asia, said, “The hope of thousands of people who broke the fatal violence a year ago, when they opposed Sheikh Hasina’s misbehavior to build rights that respected democracy.”
At the same time, Islamist parties have increased their visibility since Hasina’s expulsion.
The Yunus government banned the country’s largest Islamist party last August, reversing a decision by the Hasina government.
In May, a rally hero by an influential Islamist group attracted thousands of people to the streets of Dhaka. More than 20,000 people came out to show support for the Hefzat-e-Islam group as it prepared a list of demands for the interim government of Bangladesh.
He opposed government proposals, including equal heritage rights for women, restrictions on polygamy and recognition of sexual workers as laboratories.
Important progress on reducing rights violations
Foyz Ahmed, senior assistant press secretary to the interim government, told DW that HRW’s violation of human rights may not be expected to reduce zero, but significantly progress towards reducing it.
“HRW has expressed its disintegration faction [with] After the era of Sheikh Hasina, many issues were not found to the level that he expected, “Ahmed said.
“Bangladesh was largely in a condition of human rights violations, where hundreds of secret jails were operated, and went missing and additional judicial murders,” he said, “Hey said that the press freedom” became zero under Hajina’s rule “.
Ahmed said, “We have progress from that situation within a short period. For example, media houses that were closed in the past,” said Ahmed, who said that common people are involved on social media.
“They are also criticizing the government among the state -run broadcasters, who did not bite in the past,” Heer said.
However, Hasina’s supporters do not agree with these claims and indicate action on their party under the interim government.
Hasina face an uncertain future
Yunus’s interim government has banned all political activities of Hasina’s Awami League, until a special tribunal completed the testing of the party and its leaders on the death of hundreds of people during last year’s collective rebellion.
After the ban, senior Awami League politician Mohammad A. Arafat claimed that Younus “should maintain his unconstitutional rule in power and delay elections.”
Speaking to DW from an unknown place in May, the former Information Minister said Yunus was trying to secure the support of the party of Islamists and national citizens – who led the move against Awami League by banning the former ruling party.
Arafat said, “The way the Islamists can make their way in Parliament, it is by banning Al.”
Tribunal against Hasina, former Home Minister Asduzman Khan and former police chief Chaudhary Abdullah al-Mamun have determined August 3 and 4 for prosecution statement.
Economic stabilization
Despite the condition of human rights, the interim government has made some economic progress. It has announced training programs for young people and made foreign investment to create jobs.
Bangladesh, the world’s second largest apparel supplier, on Friday reduced 20% tariffs at 35% exports of 35% proposed by US President Donald Trump.
The rate of 20%, which will be applicable on August 7, compared Bangladesh’s major apparel-field contestants in the form of Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Pakistan and Indonesia, which got the rate between 20% and 20%.
Edited by: Keith Walker
