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RARE PHOTOS: Bangladesh ex pm palace becomes revolution museum | Vintage Vibes

Authorities hope the sprawling Gono Bhaban palace offers a message to the future (Credit: AFP)

Once a heavily guarded palace, the former official residence of Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina is being turned into a museum as a lasting reminder of her autocratic rule.

Photographs of jubilant flag-waving crowds clambering onto the rooftop of the Dhaka palace after Hasina fled by helicopter to India were a defining image of the culmination of student-led protests that toppled her government on August 5, 2024.

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