Bangladesh is Roiled By Revolution: Now What?

FEATURING CHAUMTOLI HUQ - Nobel-Peace Prize winning economist Muhhamad Yunus is Bangladesh’s new interim prime minister. Yunus stepped into the role after the South Asian nation experienced a major student-led revolution that forced the now disgraced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to end her 15-year term. Hasina was the target of weeks of mass protests and stands accused of ordering police to kill hundreds of student activists. 

Bangladesh is the 8th most populous nation in the world and its garment industry is a top global export. Labor expert and CUNY Law School associate professor Chaumtoli Huq, Associate was in Bangladesh when the protests began.