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Can Bangladesh afford democracy?

17 November 2013, 18:00 PM
UPDATED 17 November 2013, 20:48 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Even after 42 years of achieving independence, I feel that Bangladesh is still struggling to lay the foundation stone of democracy. Theoretically we know much about democracy but practically it is absent in Bangladesh! My question is, can Bangladesh afford to take so much economic stress for democracy tests? Common people are already facing economic hardship and are fearful of the future. Professor M Zahidul Haque Dean, Faculty of Agriculture SAU, Dhaka

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