Eminent economist Prof Anu Mohammad yesterday said that the Digital Security Act (DSA) is serving as an indemnity to protect those who want to put Bangladesh in jeopardy.
Yes, the country is doing a lot better in terms of some of the Human Development Index indicators than the likes of India, Nepal, and Pakistan. However, it seems like most of the benefits of these achievements have bubbled up, not trickled down.
Five years after a people’s movement to stop a power plant near the Sundarban, Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government has pushed the project through. Why did this movement fail where others in Bangladesh have succeeded?