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How Sheikh Hasina's iron grip unravelled

The Daily Star

Type: NEWS_REPORT
Document: Not stated
Jurisdiction: Bangladesh
Published: 5 Aug 2026
Accessed: 7 Aug 2026
Verification: Reviewed

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Analysis article tracing electoral controversies, centralisation of executive authority, democratic-space concerns, repression allegations, economic-development claims, and the student-led uprising that ended Hasina's rule.

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Contextual reporting on 2014, 2018, and 2024 election controversies
Analysis of centralised executive authority and weakened checks and balances
Reported allegations of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and politically motivated cases
Context for the student-led July 2024 uprising and fall of government

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Sheikh Hasina

Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh · Bangladesh · 1981-present

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Bangladesh Awami League

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