Crothers, CHAzad, A2012-10-092012-10-092012-10-092012-10-0920122012Journal of Social and Development Sciences, vol.3(6), pp.203 - 213https://hdl.handle.net/10292/4635This paper reveals that there has been a continuous political confrontation between two archrival political forces in Bangladesh since independence in 1971. In the course of the confrontation, the country has seemingly been divided into two forces: BAL forces and anti-BAL forces. The democratic development in this country since 1991 is a by-product of this confrontation. In 1991, because of the continued mistrust between the two confronting forces, a unique system of interim government (non-party caretaker government) was produced that kept working as a catalyst of power transfer in a democratic way from one government to another till 2008 election from 1991.Journal of Social and Development Sciences is available free of charge as an Open Access journal on the Internet.BangladeshUmpired democracyAwami LeagueBNPJournal ArticleOpenAccess