Mukta Barai is President of the Socialist Students Front, the student wing of the Socialist Party of Bangladesh, and played a leading role in the recent protests. She spoke with Susan Price and Jacob Andrewartha about the political situation in Bangladesh and the challenges for the democratic movement.
2024 Bangladeshi uprising
Leftist writer and academic Farooq Sulehria, who is editor of Jeddojehad.com, interviewed Bangladeshi scholar Navine Murshid about the student protests which brought down the government of Bangladesh.
Unlike previous anti-government protests in Bangladesh, this year's movement was predominantly driven by ordinary people, especially university students and recent graduates, writes Sabrina Syed.