When political leaders of any stripe go beyond the limits set by constitutions and law, they are acting immorally.

Almost 45 years after its bloody secession, governing party seems to be heading towards one-party authoritarian system

Some historians, politicians make linear connection and assert it was language that drove East & West Pakistan apart.

Dealing with militant groups ad seriatum will not be easy but will be essential if country is ever to be recaptured.

One wonders whether a reborn, renamed, reformed BJI, might turn into the centre of the opposition.

In my view, people of Bangladesh will either suffer under an authoritarian govt, or spend their life over throwing it.

Bangladesh, hailed as paragon of political & social modernisation, will join ranks of one-party authoritarian states.

Clearly, this election does not reflect the will of a population far advanced from those early days.

Bangladesh defies modernisation theory where despite sustained growth it marched back on authoritarian/democracy axis.