Democracy now, democracy always
The fall of a dictator is always destined. So it was with Sheikh Hasina, who ruled the country for the last 16 years, destroyed all public institutions, and became an absolute authoritarian...
Tags : Monwarul Islam
Repression and propaganda
THE wholesale arrest of dozens of students and hundreds of leaders, activists and supporters of opposition parties in cases filed in connection with violence and vandalism during the student protests for reforms in government job quota is another misstep of the government, the like of which forced a peaceful protest into a violent one...
The wound will cast a long, indelible shadow
THE Appellate Division coming to revoke the July 5 High Court verdict that asked the government to reinstate 30 per cent quotas in government jobs for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters, sparking massive student protests, does not, and will not, heal the wounds that have been inflicted on the nation since July 15...