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Ali Riaz, POL, participated in the following interviews:
- DW: Bangladesh: Can student uprising bring new, young leaders? July 29, 2024.
- VOA: Bangladesh faces growing criticism for violent crackdown on students, July 31, 2024.
- Scroll.india: ‘Fear of Hasina gone’: How the student agitation has shaken up Bangladesh’s authoritarianism, August 4, 2024.
- BBC News Hour: Death Toll Increases in Bangladesh, August 4, 2024.
- BBC News: Can India help its special ally Bangladesh defuse the crisis? August 5, 2024.
- NPR: Antigovernment protesters in Bangladesh succeed getting the prime minister to resign, August 5, 2024.
- Aljazeera English: Bangladesh PM resigns, August 5, 2024.
- DW Bangla: Formation of representative government biggest challenge: Ali Riaz, August 5, 2024.
- Wall Street Journal: Microcredit Pioneer Muhammad Yunus to Lead Caretaker Bangladesh Government, August 6, 2024.
- BFM 89.9, (Malaysian Radio), Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina Out, What’s Next?, August 7, 2024.
- Financial Times: India’s Bangladesh bet backfires after Sheikh Hasina ousted, August 7, 2024.
- BBC News: Yunus Arrives in Bangladesh to lead caretaker government, August 8, 2024.
- CNN International: Muhammad Yunus sworn in as leader of interim government, August 8, 2024.
- Canadian Brodcasting Corporation (CBC): Yunus takes oath: renewed hope for democracy in Bangladesh, August 8, 2024.
- Aljazeera English: Will Yunus-led interim government bring Bangladesh out of its ‘dark era’?, August 9, 2024.
- BBC Business Matters: Muhammad Yunus takes oath as leader of Bangladesh, August 9, 2024.
For questions, contact Valerie Welsh in Media Relations, vawelsh@ilstu.edu, or Report@ilstu.edu.
