The outcome of the election at the end of this year is certainly if Sheikh Hasina has her way not in question. She has after all done her best to destroy the opposition, the press is not free and her critics have been silenced. But it does raise the specter of strife and of bloody violence - risks are rising of rival goons wreaking havoc on the streets. If there's a ray of sunshine, it's the energies and the optimism of Bangladeshi people; they talk about political change. It's just a shame that Sheikh Hasino is not part of it.