Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Bangladesh Nationalist Party sweeps to victory in first election since
Gen Z uprising
Bangladesh is a country of South Asia located in the delta of the Ganges
river where the Indian subcontinent meets mainland Southeast Asia. The
Muslim-majority country lies between Hindu-majority India and predominantly Buddhist
Myanmar. It was the eastern province of Pakistan until 1971, when it became
independent as the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. With a population exceeding
173 million in a 130,000 km2 land area, similar in size to Greece, its
population density is one of the highest in the world.
The unitary parliamentary republic was served by Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024. Her second premiership
was marked not only by significant economic development but also by authoritative
ruling, corruption, and suppression. When the July Mass Uprising, or Gen Z Revolution,
occurred last year, the government carried out the mass killing of protesters,
which further escalated the movement. As a result, Hasina was ousted from the
premiership and fled to India. Earlier this month, general elections were held,
and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, secured two-thirds
of the parliament’s 299 seats. How will he govern the young, developing country, one
of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations, particularly with rising sea
levels, floods, and extreme weather conditions?
Read the article and learn about Myanmar’s general elections and new
challenges.
No comments:
Post a Comment