A big mistake by Bangladesh
Retribution is vying with reform
IT IS ALMOST a year since the start of the uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s despotic former ruler. More than a thousand people died in those few weeks of turmoil; many more were hurt. Shortly after the deposed prime minister fled to India on August 5th 2024, a caretaker government led by Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel peace-prize winner, took office. It promised to restore order and rejuvenate democratic institutions that years of misgovernment had ruined.
Explore more
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “The more things change”
From the June 28th 2025 edition
Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents
Explore the edition
Is Thailand heading for another coup?
The generals would be mad to try
Australia’s mushroom murderess is found guilty
The trial, with a plot stranger than detective fiction, has gripped the country
The Economist is hiring a Seoul-based researcher/reporter
We’re looking for a fluent speaker of Korean and English
Central Asia still has a complex relationship with Russia
But countries know their neighbour is a crucial partner
Welcome to North Korea’s Benidorm
The hermit kingdom’s new resort is for its own enjoyment, not foreigners’
Thailand’s prime minister has been suspended
And conservatives forces are circling her populist movement