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Seeing a Changed Bangladesh from a Double-Decker Bus

Seeing a Changed Bangladesh from a Double-Decker Bus

Update: 2024-09-05
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Last month in Bangladesh, street protests grew into a movement that eventually ended the rule of the autocratic prime minister. Now the country is picking up the pieces and charting a new way forward. We board a double-decker bus in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, to talk to Bangladeshis about the future.

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