2024

Sheikh Hasina flees Bangladesh

August 5, 2024

After weeks of protests that began over public-sector job quotas and widened into a broader anti-government movement, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India. Her departure ended fifteen years in power and opened an uncertain political transition.

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Before and after in South Asia

Before and after in Politics

Before: January 8, 2023: Brasília's January 6
After: January 20, 2025: Trump's second inauguration

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Sheikh Hasina