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In 2024 in this country, the executive editor of the English-language paper Daily Star was fired after a 15-year-old maid fell off his balcony and died. An International Crimes Tribunal in this non-European country issued a recent arrest warrant for Obaidul Quader (10[1])(“KAH-dair”). This country’s former leader has a niece named Tulip, (10[1])who resigned (10[2])as a British (10[1])MP (10[1])in January 2025. (10[2])That same month, 97 (10[1])of this (10[1])country’s former officials had passports revoked by a leader with the title Chief Adviser. (10[1])Demonstrators in this country reclaimed the insult razakar (-5[1])(“rah-JAH-kar”), whose (10[2])English spelling has (10[2])a z. A civil service (10[1])quota system (10[1])was (10[1])protested (10[1])by students (10[1])before (10[1])July 2024 massacres in this country, which led to its long-serving autocratic female prime minister abdicating. For 10 points, Muhammad Yunus replaced Awami League head Sheikh Hasina in what flood-prone country? ■END■ (10[1])

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