Change too slow for Bangladesh

People lining up to buy subsidised essentials in Dhaka, Bangladesh. — Atul Loke/The New York Times

JUST over a year ago, after Sheikh Hasina, the autocratic leader of Bangladesh, unleashed a brutal crackdown on protesting students, Abu Sayed stood defiantly before armed police officers in Rangpur, his arms outstretched.

Moments later, bullets struck him. He later died from his injuries, his family said.