This may be considered the ultimate reason for the Collapse of Sheikh Hasina's regime. Sheikh Hasina rarely met the army face to face in any large gathering during her tenure as the PM though she was the defense minister. She saw defense forces through the eyes of a few people and vice versa. She kept distance from defense forces but was always a service taker of them. Therefore, there a disconnect was seen during the whole period of 15 years of her reign in the country. One of the first significant blows to Hasina’s relationship with the military came just months after she assumed office in 2009. The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny was a brutal uprising that resulted in the massacre of 74 people, including 57 of military officers. Sheikh Hasina's response to the mutiny, which was seen by some as too lenient and politically driven, angered many within the army. The perception that the government willfully failed to protect army officers during the mutiny caused a deep-seated.....
