Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League government have long operated with impunity. This time, there must be accountability.

In choosing violence, believing that to be the only option available, the authoritarian government of Bangladesh has run out of options to remain in power.

Bangladesh’s recent budget fails to address surging inflation and a widening deficit, with unbridled operational spending leaving the nation with debt and stagnation.

Sheikh Hasina takes delight in her patron Narendra Modi’s victory in the Indian general election, but Bangladesh will suffer.