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A year after 'revolution' can Bangladesh do a Tahrir Square?
Aditi Bhaduri
August 5 marked the first anniversary of the uprisings in Bangladesh, in which Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League government were forced to end their reign. Often dubbed a revolution, in popular imagination, it is the overthrow of an unpopular, authoritarian, and oppressive government by a popular, spontaneous uprising.
Over the decade, Hasina had indeed ruled with an iron fist, jailing her opponents, indulgin...