In the first episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast filmed in Bangladesh, Dilly Hussain speaks with former barrister and the founding editor of Dhaka Tribune, Zafar Sobhan.   Topics of discussion include:

• The state of Bangladesh since the start of the anti-Quota protests to the resignation of Sheikh Hasina on August 5.
• Press freedoms and media complicity during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule.
• Does the Bangladeshi media meet or operate on the founding principles of the free press?
• Dhaka Tribune’s editorial approach during Sheikh Hasina’s rule and the anti-Quota protests.
• Can the media or journalists ever be impartial or non-partisan?
• Indian propaganda against Bangladesh since August 5, and growing anti-India sentiments in Bangladesh.
• The future of Bangladesh, elections, and student advisors to the interim government.

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