One Year After Hasina’s Fall, How Much Has Bangladesh Changed? Yunus Govt Turning Her Palace Into ‘Museum Of Tyranny’ | World News

Dhaka: A year has passed since the dramatic post of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh. On August 5, the country points to the first anniversary of an uprising led by student -led, which ended one of the longest political reigns of South Asia. A lot has changed in these 12 months, but not in the way that many Bangladesh people dreamed.

The country is still governed by an unleaded intermediate management. Religious Hardliners won the ground. Mob Lynchings reports have increased about twelve times. The promise of democratic reform continues to be a reality, but a hope.

A fortress, once known as ‘Ganabhaban’, is now transformed into a public museum of Hasina’s old official residence. The initiative is directed by the current guard government headed by the Nobel Peace Prize award award. The aim is to ensure that Bangladeshi reminds the authorities that they define them as “uncontrolled power and authoritarian administration for years.

Before becoming the symbol of political power, he had a different name of the property, Rajbari. Once upon a time, Dighapatia belonged to Maharajas (royal rulers), which was later taken over during the British and Pakistani administrations. He served under Hasina for 15 years as the official residence of the Prime Minister.

On August 5, 2024, the crowds fled to India by Hasina helicopter and turned into a palace. Photos of protesters shaking flags from the roof quickly became viral. The palace was no longer a power seat, but a symbol of a change.

The transformation of the place continues. Curators design testimonies from protesters, artworks of the murdered, and installations of the records of those who disappeared in the state.

Tanjim Wahab, one of the curators, says that there will be interactive exhibitions, animations and reconstructed holding cells. AFP said, “We want young people to use this place as an area to discuss this place and imagine a democratic future,” AFP said.

The new museum is designed as a historical archive and a message to future generations. Vision is to protect anger, to honor and never forget.

Human Rights groups have documented systemic “abuse” under Hasina’s administration. The government was accused of mass determinations, targeted murders and drowning opposition. The United Nations said that more than 1,400 people were killed in the last months of ruling.

Now 77, Hasina is staying in India. When he is faced with the trial of absenteeism on the allegations of crimes against humanity, he is innocent and says that if he returns to Bangladesh, his life will be in danger.

Now 85 -year -old Yunus says the elections will be held in the beginning of 2026. Until then, the management focuses on corporate reform. But the road is rough. Religious groups and political fights slowed down.

Before the anniversary of the uprising, the Human Rights Monitoring Organization warned that difficulties were serious and increased.

The destruction did not stop in Ganabhaban before and after his post. The protesters also destroyed the statues of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of Hasina and the founding leader of the country. It once turned into a museum by Hasina, the old house was demolished using bulldozers. The photos of his portrait spread on social media.

A protester, a 23 -year -old student named Muhibullah Al Mashnun, “Dictatorship falls when the temples should fall,” he said.

Hasina says that critics have transformed democratic institutions into control tools. His supporters say the reaction is going too far. However, there is little disagreement that his collapse has left a political gap.