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Is Bangladesh heading towards disaster?
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Edited | New Jerusalem Jan 08, 2007 11:19am |
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| Category | News |
| Media | TV News - British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News |
| News Date | Monday, January 8, 2007 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | One of the world's largest democracies in the Muslim world seems to be descending into chaos, with violence, strikes, transport blockades and business instability adding to an already strong sense of tension.
While Henry Kissinger was wrong to describe Bangladesh as a "basket case" in the mid-1970s - it has for the most part been more than capable of feeding itself since independence - there is nevertheless a strong feeling that the country may not escape an equally damaging epithet - that of a "failed state".
Bangladesh's latest problems stem from a not unexpected but decisive announcement by the Awami League - and around 18 smaller parties allied to it - that they will boycott general elections due later this month.
Fears are now growing that the future of the country and its 150 million population are now at stake. |
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