Political violence continues despite govt’s pledge to end it

THE country’s new gov­ernment may have won power promising to end political violence, but six months after Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took office, the killings continue.

Rahman, who leads the Bang­la­desh Nationalist Party (BNP), pledged during February’s elections to end the state-backed violence that marked Sheikh Hasina’s rule before her ouster in the 2024 revolution.