The Bangladeshi government has ordered the partial shut-down of natural gas stations in and around the capital to counter a growing power crisis.

BBC: Bangladesh to shut gas stations amid power crisis

But now it is being asked to fight battles abroad that it has little stomach for, while being ordered to take on many of its natural supporters in the public-service unions at home.

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