Bangladesh witnesses a significant transition as students, after successfully overthrowing Sheikh Hasina's authoritarian regime, launch the Jatiya Nagorik or National Citizens' party (NCP). The event drew large crowds in support of the new party led by Nahid Islam. Following the July revolution, notable changes include the appointment of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead an interim government, with a focus on restoring democracy and allowing political parties to operate freely. With elections anticipated in December, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is predicted to gain significant ground amid the weakened Awami League.
In the shadow of Bangladesh's parliament building, crowds poured into the streets, many adorned in the red and green of the national flag.
This time, students who successfully overthrew the prime minister were here for a different purpose: to launch their Jatiya Nagorik or National Citizens' party.
Today, with this new party, we are offering the alternative, said the new party's leader, Nahid Islam, to loud cheers from the crowd.
Freedom of speech returned to Bangladesh and political parties that had spent the 15 years of Hasina's rule being routinely targeted were allowed to function freely once again.
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