Imploding Bangladesh
When Bangladesh became independent in the early 1970s, following a bloody political struggle, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger famously predicted that the new country's economy would be its Achilles heel. But Bangladesh has proved him wrong: the country is being undone not by its economy, but by its dysfunctional politics.
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DHAKA – Is Bangladesh once again on the verge of a political meltdown? With bomb explosions almost taking the life of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, opposition leader Khaleda Zia charged with murder, and violent protests and arson sweeping the capital, the country seems poised at the edge of a terrifying abyss.