Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- When power changed hands after the July 2024 Uprising, Saleha Monir allowed herself to hope once more. Perhaps, she thought, under an interim government, the mystery surrounding the deaths of her son, Sagar Sarwar, and her daughter-in-law, Meherun Runi, would finally be solved.

That hope did not last.

A year and a half on, the high-profile murder case remains unresolved. And now, as the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus approaches the end of its tenure, Saleha and the family of Runi find themselves where they have been for 14 years -- waiting.

There was no progress during the 12 years of the ousted Awami League government. The passage of time has only deepened the families' despair.

"I am a mother. I must dema...