Shahidul Alam notes with dismay the replaying of an old, South Asian drama in Bangladesh- ‘Aided by chaotic situations created by political mismanagement, the anti-corruption Trojan Horse brought in its deadly military content’.

Tasneem Khalil was one voice that they had not been able to silence. His incisive, well researched investigations flew against the culture of silence that prevailed. Mahfuz Anam, the editor of the leading English daily, The Daily Star, had proudly told me, “In all these years, not a single story had been spiked.” That was some time ago. Things were different now. The story of military involvement that Tasneem had revealed was pulled back from the press in the last minute.