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Political change and trials after the July 2024 uprisingCEFR A1
7 Apr 2026
Adapted from Abhimanyu Bandyopadhyay, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Bornil Amin, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
75 words
- In July 2024 students started large city-wide protests.
- The Prime Minister lost power on 5 August 2024.
- Many Awami League members left Bangladesh after the events.
- Some people went to India, the United Kingdom and the US.
- The party was banned by the interim government in May 2025.
- A former home minister left on the same day.
- He now lives in Kolkata at an undisclosed location.
- He spoke after nearly nineteen months hiding underground.
Difficult words
- protest — a public meeting or march for changeprotests
- prime minister — the head of a country's government
- interim — temporary government that acts until new leaders form
- ban — to make something illegal or not allowedbanned
- underground — hidden under the ground or hidden from view
- undisclosed — not told or shown to the public
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Discussion questions
- Have you ever seen a protest?
- Would you go to another country if you had to leave?
- Have you heard of Kolkata?
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