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Sunday, 10 July 2016

Bangladesh. The Poila defence (Saeed Naqvi, South Asia Monitor)

An overwhelming majority had fought Pakistani hegemony to become Bangladesh. But a powerful minority had not—say about 30 per cent. This minority, consisting of elements in the army, police, civil service, Islamic groups like the Jamaat-e-Islami, clustered around spells of army rule and has now thrown its lot with Begum Khaleda Zia, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=n&nid=18103