Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying

The newspapers in Bangladesh fed us the party line. They declared that a "foreign body" had been provoking labor unrest in Bangladesh’s garment industry. Never mind that rising food prices and unpaid back wages have driven those who already live on the edge over the edge. The military government, faced with the fruits of its [...]

Four Dhaka University professors and 11 students who have been held since last August by Bangladesh’s military government have just been freed. Four students who are absconding have been convicted of "crimes" and sentenced to 4 2 years imprisonment.
The four professors - Dr. Anwar Hossain, Dr. Harun-or-Rashid, Dr. Sadrul Amin and Dr. Neem Chandra [...]

NBC News (1/10/1972)
Video of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s return to Bangladesh after 10 months of imprisonment in Pakistan.

[Cross posted at E-Bangladesh]
This post is coauthored by MMR Jalal and Mash
The last message from Dacca Betar Kendro was delivered by announcer Nazma Akhtar.
She declared:

"The 75 million people of Bangla Desh, freedom-loving as they are, have been subjected to brutal genocide by the army.
"The people of Bangla Desh will shed more blood rather than forget the injury. [...]

My German is rusty, but I think the saying goes something like this: So ist das Leben. Manchmal ist man in, manchmal ist man aus. Such is life. Sometimes one is in, sometimes one is out.
In an act of utter insensitivity, former Law and Information Advisor to the Bangladesh military government Barrister Mainul Hosein has [...]