Naem NizamNew Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Bangladesh is moving toward an election amidst unprecedented instability across four key domains: politics, the economy, law and order, and international relations, even as a former prime minister of the country Begum Khaleda Zia is being buried next to her husband and former military ruler, Gen Zia Ur Rahman.
That itself should provide a clue to the way Bangladesh has alternated between bouts of democracy and military rule, between instability and progress in her 54 years of existence as a nation state.
Questions surrounding the electoral environment, the rule of law, and political trust have resurfaced strongly.
At the same time, concerns persist over whether stability can truly return if, as in the past...