Dhaka, Aug. 5 -- A year after a student uprising that threw away her government, former Bangladesh Prime Minister and leader of the Awami League Sheikh Hasina today issued an open-letter to her countrymen, stating that the country has overcome adversity before, and in the face of hardships will rise again, stronger, more united, and more determined to build a democracy that truly serves its people, reports Awami League media Daily Republic.

In her open letter to the "honest, hardworking, and patriotic people of Bangladesh," Hasina launched a scathing condemnation of the new interim government, stating that the nation witnessed the violent seizure of a hard-fought democracy, with an unelected government taking power through unconstitution...