The Bangladesh courtroom erupted in spontaneous applause as the death sentence to Sheikh Hasina was read aloud. The echo rippled beyond the walls, carried swiftly by television and social media into homes, cafs, and crowded streets. The support was muted, the celebration pronounced.
Within hours, the media that once sang paeans to her declared that justice was served, the final reckoning for crimes that had scalded the nation’s conscience since 2009.
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For ousted Prime Minister Hasina, it marked both a tragedy and a moment of reckoning; a confirmation of her political downfall and a reminder of how she fell to the same axe which she had sharpened against her opponents. This was not merely a verdict, but a moment where law, politics, memory and her own karma collided.
THE IRONY
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