This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.
Tensions are growing in Bangladesh after the killing of a student leader of last year’s uprising that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Elections for a new government are due in February.
So, how volatile is the political situation?
Presenter: Dareen Abughaida
Guests:
Taqbir Huda – human rights lawyer and Clarendon Scholar at Oxford University
Asif Shahan – professor of development studies at the University of Dhaka
Fahmida Khatun – executive director at the Centre for Policy Dialogue in Bangladesh
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