‘Trials and Tribulation’ collects Ali Riaz’s writing on the economy and politics of Bangladesh — the two subjects under which the book is classified, and the two arenas in which the country’s recent troubles have played out. Riaz, a political scientist whose work on Bangladesh spans decades, brings his characteristic combination of close observation and analytical distance to the difficulties of the present moment. Published by Prothoma Prokashon, the book will interest readers who follow Bangladeshi affairs and want a considered view of where the country’s political and economic pressures are leading.