The Daily Star deserves better

As far as I can remember, the editorial policy of The Daily Star during the regime of the army-backed Caretaker Government was to consistently oppose any political agenda of that government beyond its initially proclaimed mandate of holding a free and fair election. As a regular reader of this newspaper and an occasional contributor to its opinion column, I am deeply saddened and alarmed by the on-going political vendetta against its editor. As a newspaper that has come to represent the media face of Bangladesh to the English speaking world, The Daily Star surely deserves better.
Wahiduddin Mahmud
Professor (retired) of Economics, University of Dhaka