FB LIVE: B’deshi Journalist Sabhanaz Rashid on the Dhaka Attacks

In conversation with Sabhanaz Rashid, a Bangladeshi journalist and student, on the road ahead for the torn nation.

The Quint spoke with Bangladeshi journalist and student from UC Berkeley, Sabhanaz Rashid, in the aftermath of the Dhaka tragedy and the attacks on free-thinking, liberal intellectuals in the country.

Since 2013, six secular bloggers, a professor, and a publisher have been hacked to death but the country’s authorities have made little progress with their investigation.

In the wake of these killings, Bangladesh witnessed a bloody terror attack in the heart of its capital, Gulshan – a posh locality that is populated chiefly by expatriates.

Rashid takes us through the Bangladesh she grew up in, the nightmarish reality of the present, and what the future might hold.

Four Major Takeaways: