Swadesh Roy Hindu society had, at one time, become a stagnant pool. Both Rammohan Roy and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar uprooted the poisonous trees of superstition that had taken root in those stagnant waters.
When an official visit is shortened at one side’s initiative, or when a programme is unilaterally cancelled, ordinary citizens and diplomats alike can read the underlying message of such conduct.
Following the change in state power in Bangladesh through Yunus’s meticulous design, and the continuation of that process, Bangladesh’s geopolitical importance has now become a major subject of discussion.
Nearly two years after being ousted from power, the programme Sheikh Hasina has announced for her return to the country is, in every sense, a political programme.