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Tension here was palpable

The streets have been unusually quiet over the last few days as Bangladesh’s capital saw the greatest disturbances in decades when the border guards mutinied.

Paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles soldiers staged a dramatic and bloody armed uprising   just two months after the new democratically-elected government was returned to power by a huge majority.

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Originally published at The-Latest on the 1st of March, 2009.




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