Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- Unarguably, the BNP-led government now in charge of the helm of state power is in the birth throes of new governance. Though no stranger in running a government in Bangladesh, BNP finds itself facing a new set of challenges- political, economic and geo-political. Much water has flown under the bridge between now and the last time they were in power. The experiences it had when last in power in 2001 are not very relevant at present and as such cannot be a guideline for decisions to be taken now.

Not only has the external context, politically and economically, changed, internally also the party finds itself in new circumstances. During the past twenty five years when BNP was out of power and marginalised and oppressed by ...