The Take: How Sheikh Hasina’s journey to power transformed Bangladesh
Political heir of Bangladesh’s founding father fought for democracy, but is now accused of undermining it.

Sheikh Hasina has won a fourth straight term as Bangladesh’s prime minister. The daughter of the country’s founding father earned her own reputation as a pro-democracy leader. But in recent years she has been accused of cracking down on critics, with the opposition boycotting this year’s elections and calling them a sham.
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In this episode:
- Tanvir Chowdhury (@tanvirbengal), Al Jazeera Bangladesh Correspondent/Producer
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra and Miranda Lin with David Enders and our host Malika Bilal. Fahrinisa Campana, Amy Walters and Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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