The Voice editor Dastagir Jahangir met Michigan Rep. Mike McFall to address mental health challenges in the Bangladeshi community, focusing on stigma, youth well-being, and elderly care.
Bangladesh’s history bears chilling parallels between Aug. 15, 1975, and Aug. 5, 2024—two moments marked by leadership ousters, political violence, and a breakdown of democratic governance.
President Trump placed D.C. police under federal control and sent 800 National Guard troops, triggering a fierce political, legal and civil rights backlash.
August has become a symbol of political conspiracy in Bangladesh—from the assassination of Bangabandhu in 1975 to the fall of Sheikh Hasina in 2024. What connects these tragedies is not time, but tactic.