Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on July 23, 2024. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.

School’s out in Bangladesh, and students are up in arms against government job quotas. In response, there’s been a deadly crackdown in which authorities shut down all public universities and cut mobile phone services. Are students in Bangladesh losing faith in their country’s promise of independence and democracy?

In this episode:

• Zulkarnain Saer Khan (@ZulkarnainSaer), Investigative Journalist

Episode credits:

This episode was updated by Tamara Khandaker. The original production team was Amy Walters, Sarí el-Khalili, Khaled Soltan, Sonia Bhagat, Manahil Naveed, Veronique Eshaya, Joe Plourde, and our host Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Aya Elmileik is lead of audience engagement. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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