Sheikh Hasina Shall Return — and Bangladesh Will Smile Again

History has a way of circling back to truth — however long injustice may reign, however loud the liars may shout.

The story of Bangladesh today stands poised on that eternal hinge where falsehood begins to crumble, and the truth that was suppressed rises once more to claim its rightful place. At that moment of return and reckoning stands one name — Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the guardian of the Liberation War’s dream, and the architect of modern Bangladesh’s spectacular rise.

Exiled today by conspiracy, deceit, and a coup plotted in the dark corridors of foreign embassies and domestic traitors, Sheikh Hasina’s absence is not defeat — it is the silence before renewal. For when she returns from exile in India, she will not merely reclaim political office; she will reclaim the soul of Bangladesh itself.

The Phoenix of a Nation

“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” — Mexican proverb

Bangladesh without Sheikh Hasina feels like a body deprived of breath. The very rhythm of governance, development, and dignity has faltered since her unlawful ouster on 8 August 2024. What now parades as leadership — the so-called interim regime of Dr. Muhammad Yunus and his unholy alliance of opportunists — is but a tragic farce performed for foreign approval. In their hands, Bangladesh has become hostage to stagnation and deceit; its people, once confident and thriving, now live in fear, uncertainty, and betrayal.

Yet, even in exile, Sheikh Hasina’s shadow looms larger than her adversaries’ entire apparatus of propaganda. Her legacy — twenty years of progress, stability, and transformation — cannot be erased by decrees or falsified reports. It is written in the bridges that connect our rivers, the power grids that light our villages, the rising GDP that astonished the world, and the millions of women who found empowerment in her vision.

Bangladesh’s progress under her stewardship was not accidental — it was the product of disciplined governance, strategic diplomacy, and moral courage. She brought order where there was chaos, confidence where there was despair, and global recognition where there had once been anonymity.

When Sheikh Hasina returns, she will not need to campaign — the truth of her leadership will speak from every grain of soil that remembers her touch.

The Bitter Lesson of Betrayal

“Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana

Bangladesh has once again witnessed the familiar treachery that has haunted it since 1975 — the betrayal of the Liberation spirit by the very forces that had once collaborated with Pakistan. The Jamaat-Shibir networks, long discredited and condemned, crept back through the cracks opened by Yunus’s coup masterminded by the ignoble American deep state CIA in league with the horrific Pakistani ISI and their direful local confederates, et al. Cloaked in the rhetoric of “reform” and “transition,” they have unleashed the same venom that once bled the nation.

This betrayal has been disguised in the language of civility — talk of dialogue, of neutrality, of “technocratic governance.” But beneath this mask lies the same ruthless ambition to dismantle secular democracy and resurrect the forces of fanaticism. The Yunus regime’s so-called reforms have decimated institutions, crippled the judiciary, and handed media control to cronies and propagandists.

This is not governance — it is occupation by stealth. And it is precisely this occupation that Sheikh Hasina’s return will end.

The Call of the People

“There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” — Victor Hugo

Even now, whispers of hope ripple across Bangladesh — from the tea gardens of Sylhet to the shipyards of Chattogram, from Dhaka’s silent streets to the paddy fields of Gopalganj. The people are waiting, restless, watchful. They know that history will not forgive them if they remain silent while their nation is disfigured by impostors.

Every movement for justice begins in the hearts of ordinary people. It was so in 1952, in 1966, in 1969, in 1971 and in 2024. The same spirit that defied the Pakistani army’s brutality now stirs against the Yunus gang’s tyranny. Bangladesh’s soil has always been fertile for courage.

Sheikh Hasina’s return from exile will not be merely symbolic; it will mark the rebirth of the Republic. The people’s moral uprising — peaceful, steadfast, and democratic — will sweep away the cobwebs of deceit and restore the flag of truth to its rightful mast.

The Role of India — and the Region’s Moral Duty

India, where Sheikh Hasina now resides in exile, once sheltered millions of Bangladesh’s refugees during the Liberation War in 1971. It was from Indian soil that freedom was organized, coordinated, and ultimately secured. Today, history repeats itself in a quieter, yet equally profound form.

India’s moral responsibility, and indeed its strategic interest, align perfectly in ensuring that Sheikh Hasina returns safely and triumphantly. A stable, democratic Bangladesh under her leadership is the region’s bulwark against extremism and chaos.

Delhi, Dhaka, and the wider world must recognize that this is not merely about one leader’s return — it is about defending the moral architecture of South Asia, built upon secularism, pluralism, and regional solidarity.

The Contrast Between Darkness and Light

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

Since Hasina’s forced exile, the contrast between her governance and the interim anarchy has become painfully clear. Under her leadership, Bangladesh was a model for developing economies — a nation that fed its people, educated its children, and built global partnerships. Under the Yunus’s terrorist, fascistic and mafia- Cosa Nostra government, that momentum has shattered.

Unemployment is rising. Corruption, once tamed, now runs rampant. The rule of law has been replaced by rule through fear. Civic rights have been crushed, and the media muzzled. Diplomacy, once driven by dignity, now reeks of desperation.

Sheikh Hasina’s return, therefore, is not a partisan demand — it is a national necessity. It is the only way to restore stability, revive the economy, and reaffirm the ideals for which millions laid down their lives in 1971.

The Inevitability of Return

“You can’t hold a good woman down.” — proverb

No wall of conspiracy, no foreign intrigue, no domestic treachery can prevent her return. History’s tide is turning, and those who thought they could erase her from the nation’s story are discovering that the story itself refuses to continue without her.

Sheikh Hasina is not merely a political figure; she is the living symbol of Bangladesh’s resilience. Her courage is born not of privilege, but of pain — the pain of losing her entire family to assassins in 1975, of enduring imprisonment and insult, of carrying a nation’s destiny on her shoulders.

And yet, she has never sought vengeance. Her politics has always been one of reconstruction — rebuilding, reconciling, restoring. That is why, when she comes home, she will not come with anger, but with purpose. She will not seek revenge; she will seek redemption for a nation momentarily lost to deceit.

Bangladesh Will Smile Again

“Joy Bangla — Joy Humanity.”

When Sheikh Hasina steps onto Bangladeshi soil once more, it will be as though a long night has ended. The air will tremble with renewed hope. Farmers will feel that their labour has meaning again. Students will rediscover their future. Workers will sense that the sweat of their brow will once more serve a just nation.

Bangladesh will smile again — not the shallow smile of relief, but the deep, luminous smile of a people who have reclaimed their dignity.

The return of Sheikh Hasina will be the return of justice, of progress, of compassion, of the very ideals upon which Bangladesh was founded.

Let the world watch, let the enemies tremble — for no exile lasts forever, and no darkness can eclipse a sun that was born to rise.

Sheikh Hasina shall come back — and Bangladesh shall stand tall once more, radiant in her rightful place in history, a nation reborn in truth, courage, and light.

Written by Anwar A. Khan 

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