A sense of déjà vu

For Bangladeshi journalists who are in Kathmandu to cover football friendlies, Monday’s Gen Z protests remind of last year’s student-led revolt in their own country.

Sudipta Ahmed, a senior sports journalist associated with Desh Rupantor, a Bangladeshi daily, has visited Nepal multiple times. He says he has found Nepal completely different from Bangladesh every time. But on Monday, the protest by Gen Z in Kathmandu caused him a déjà vu of what had happened in Dhaka in July and August last year.