One year after Sheikh Hasina's fall: Why are there still no real reforms in Bangladesh? | DW News

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Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus has said he will ask the election commission to hold national elections next February. The announcement came as thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate the first anniversary of the uprising that removed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power.

In a televised address, Yunus also vowed to stand against oppression - and called on the country to seize the opportunity for reform. Last year's demonstrations against public-sector job quotas boiled over into clashes with police. More than 1,400 people lost their lives while protesting, before Hasina was forced to resign and fled to India.

The families of the victims have demanded she return to Bangladesh and face justice. DW went to Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, to retrace the steps of one of those killed in the clashes.

00:00 One year after the uprising in Bangladesh
04:06 Meenakshi Ganguly, Human Rights Watch
09:52 Ali Riaz, Bangladesh's National Consesus Commission