P. K. Balachandran
Chaos, power plays, and a nation’s fate hang in the balance as the region and the world watch with concern
Bangladesh is teetering on the edge of collapse. Lawlessness has unleashed a tidal wave of crime—robberies, extortion, rape, and strikes—while the Muhammad Yunus-led Interim Government, in power since August 2024, flounders helplessly.
Eight months after ousting Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League in a fiery student-led uprising, the nation is spiralling into chaos, and the army is stepping in with boots on the ground.
In Dhaka, troops from the 9th Infantry Division now patrol the streets, setting up checkpoints and raiding hotspots like the Baitul Mukarram mosque. It’s a bold move, triggered last week by a nationwide crackdown on crime ordered by a rattled Interim Government.
But the real showdown is brewing between the military and the very students who ignited the July 2024 “revolution.” The National Citizens’ Party (NCP), born from that uprising, is clashing head-on with Army Chief Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, accusing him of plotting to resurrect a “refined Awami League” under India’s shadow.
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