Dhaka, Aug. 14 -- I sat upright tensed as I viewed the unfolding headlines with horror and disbelief. This was the night of 4th August 2020 as every news channel carried the news of the deadly explosion at the Beirut port in Lebanon. Its impact shook the Mediterannean island of Cyprus; 234 kms. away. This calamity comes in the wake of a long conflict-ridden trail of crisis to crisis: political partisanship, power blocs with own agendas, economic meltdown, severe recession, rampant corruption, public protests and COVID-19 - to a nation already on its knees - and now yet another man-made debacle that has brought colossal devastation and flattened a people, a city, a country. For all of six long years; in an incredible act of inertia - outri...