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...Bangladesh is still reeling following the discovery of mass graves and evidence of cold-blooded execution of army officers who were killed amid last week's mutiny at the headquarters of the nation's paramilitary border security force, the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR). The body of Lt. Col. Golam Kibria was found floating through a sluice gate in a nearby sewer Monday morning, bringing the death toll to 74, with 70 more BDR commanding officers who were present at the headquarters when the mutiny occurred still missing and presumed dead. The mutineers initially raised demands related to their pay and conditions...
...commanding officer, confirmed killed. While Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was widely hailed for her steady handling of the crisis, some critics are arguing that if she had sent in troops to storm the compound at once many of these killings and atrocities could have been averted. (See pictures of Bangladesh and Pakistan's forgotten...
...rule by an army-backed caretaker government, one that surprised many political observers by voluntarily relinquishing power. The army got good marks for the electoral transition and has been praised for suppressing the mutiny. But in everyone's mind is the military's past usurpings of civilian power in Bangladesh's short history. At present, the public mood is one of relief that the army command seems to be playing a subordinate - and constitutional - role to the government. However, the prime minister's challenge now will be to ensure that the anger within the armed forces is kept in check...
...pictures of Bangladesh recovering from Cyclone Sidr...
...building throughout the day, the mutineers shot at them, demanding the tanks and troops be withdrawn before they would agree to any further talks. So far, most of the other BDR camps around the nation have been calm, but not all of them. In Khulna, a city in southern Bangladesh, the BDR soldiers, inspired by their colleagues' revolt, took control over the Goalkhali BDR camp. This is the BDR's most bloody mutiny in Bangladesh's 38-year-old political history and has taken place in the first 50 days of the Hasina administration. If the civilian government of Bangladesh...