On January 6, the Awami League government celebrated one year in office. While addressing to the nation, Sheikh Hasina said “We want to free the country of corruption, misrule, illiteracy and poverty by 2021”. It’s a long way to go, but one year is too short a time to judge the government and make an assessment of its performance.

The government has taken a firm decision to establish war crime tribunals for the trial of war criminals despite pressures from various quarters. The manner in which it handled the mutiny in the Bangladesh Rifles and its decision to expose the involvement of two senior officers from the National Security Intelligence who were involved in the Chittagong arms haul indicate that the government is willing to expose the militant-security forces nexus.

What are the challenges to the Awami League government? How does the internal politics impinge on Indo-Bangladesh relations?