Maher Sattar is a Bangladeshi multi-media journalist covering South and Southeast Asia. He has reported on the Taliban in documentaries for PBS, and his work has appeared on France 24, GlobalPost, Salon.com, the Diplomat, CNNGo, and IRIN News. Aside from Bangladesh he has lived and worked in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Denmark, Canada, and the United States. You can find more of his work at mahersattar.wordpress.com and mahersattar.tumblr.com
'There is no way that one can even think of buying a property in Dhaka anymore if you are middle class or lower middle class.'
A cautionary tale for the many nascent revolutionary movements across the Arab world.
Until now, the Rapid Action Battalion has either been thought of as a killing machine — or a useful and necessary killing machine.
Life at the India-Bangladesh border is hostile and strange, and often deadly.