Deadly Violence Exposes Deep Political Fractures After Bangladesh Election

In the wake of Bangladesh’s recent general election, what should have been a peaceful transition of power has instead descended into alarming violence, exposing profound fractures within the nation’s political landscape. The ruling party’s victory—while decisive—has been marred by at least one fatality and nearly forty incidents of unrest across the country.According to police reports, a fatal clash erupted in Munshiganj, a central region of Bangladesh, where rival factions within the victorious Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) turned on one another with deadly consequences. This intra-party violence is not merely a local skirmish but a reflection of deeper instability that threatens...