Updated: 2012-12-31 10:35
By Julfikar Ali Manik (asianewsnet)
   

Words like "uncertainty”, "unwillingness”, "unexpected” and "unwanted” kept cropping up with frustrating developments in the areas of governance, law and order, judiciary, human rights, politics and diplomacy hitting the headlines throughout the outgoing year.

Bangladesh plumbed the depths of despair because of stalemate over Padma bridge project, political volatility over caretaker government issue, forced disappearances, financial scams, violence by Jamaat-Shibir, death of 112 garment workers in a factory blaze and many other disappointing developments.

However, it's not been all doom and gloom. The long chain of unpleasant happenings was interspersed with some good news.

Among the things that gave the people enormous joy and satisfaction were the triumph in the legal battle over maritime boundary with Myanmar; Bangladeshi researchers' success in decoding the genome of a ... Read more »