For years there have been whispers of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's foreign connections. Its closeness to Pakistan and especially with Islamabad's notorious ISI has been a subject of endless discussions. Now into the picture comes Israel's dreaded Mossad and its alleged linking up with the BNP.
It was Shahriar Alam, Bangladesh's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, who first threw light on the BNP-Mossad connection a few days ago. While initially the junior minister's revelation may have...