Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- Ahead of the national parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, the political situation has become heated. A leader named Osman Hadi, who was one of the prominent figures in the movement against Sheikh Hasina and a potential independent candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, was shot on Friday. His condition is critical. He is also the top leader of a platform called "Inqilab Manch". This incident of violence has stirred considerable tension in the political arena.

Another significant development in Bangladesh's politics is that the former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia's son and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)'s Acting Chairman, Tarique Rahman, is returning to the country on December 25 after nearly 17 years of ...