After Sheikh: what next for Bangladesh?

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  The Economist Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm your host Rosie Bloor.

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  Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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  America used to manufacture a lot of things, including furniture.

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  Most of that has moved offshore.

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  But guess what?

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  Donald Trump thinks America should start making chairs again.

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  After all, the US is the seat of power.

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  And we learn our ABCs extremely young.

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  But why is the alphabet in the order we know it?

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  Our correspondent takes us on a whistle-stop tour of history,

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  language, and something known as the Great Vowel Shift.

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  But first...

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  We have decided to inflict her with only one sentence that is sentence of death.

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  Yesterday, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's former prime minister,

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  was found guilty of crimes against humanity and handed the death penalty.

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  Vishnu Padmanaban is our Asia correspondent.

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  She was tried in Amsterdam

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  because she had fled to India last year after massive protests brought down a government.

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  Some of her supporters were angry by the verdict and took to the streets.

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