In last 14 months, Dr Yunus went on 14 state trips while only a few of them were bilateral. Former ambassador Munshi Faiz Ahmed said, “Is it important for the top leader of a country to attend the event? He went to a multilateral event. This is not a bilateral visit between Italy and Bangladesh. People are worried about it. According to protocol, the question has also been raised whether he can attend the meeting at the mayor’s office in Rome
None of the advisers submitted report on their wealth yet:
Despite Dr Yunus’s ambitious promise that his advisers will submit reports of their wealth regularly and gradually every government official would have to do the same. But, in the last 14 months none of the advisers submitted any report. Dr Yunus’s APS Faiz Ahmed said some of the advisers submitted reports. However, there is no proof of that claim.
⦁ Mob violence on the rise while Dr Yunus busy in sugarcoating the violence data:
The law and order situation broke down completely after Agust 5th in 2024. In the first ten months of Yunus regime, 3554 people were killed, 4,105 women and children were raped, 12,726 women and children suffered violence and torture. Despite these worrying numbers, Dr Yunus claimed that the law and order situation in Bangladesh is stable. Another fearful fact is the rise of mob violence. A very recent incident that shook the nation was vilifying the grave of Nural Pagla, where a group of pro-Islamist terrorist exhumed his dead body from the grave and burnt it. The mod also set fire to the shrine of Nural pagla. A man died in the clash afterwards. Police is yet to find the culprits and bring them to book. If Dr Yunus considers this extreme lawlessness as the stability, we don’t know what we should ‘instability’.
⦁ No new investment has entered Bangladesh in the past 14 months.
Former BGMEA director Mohiuddin Rubel stated that during this period, not only has there been no new investment, but many existing factories have shut down, leaving thousands of workers unemployed.
In April, the Yunus government hosted a lavish four-day investment summit, boasting of renewed investor confidence. Yet, from that event, Bangladesh received only pledges worth Tk 3,100 crore, none of which have materialized to date.
In stark contrast, over 150 industrial factories have shut down in the past year, and more than 100,000 workers have lost their jobs. Despite this grim reality, the Chief Adviser continues to urge people to “become entrepreneurs instead of seeking jobs.”
But in a country where even major conglomerates like Beximco, Orion, and Nassa Group are struggling or shutting down, how can small entrepreneurs possibly survive?
Previously, ruling party cadres used to collect extortion money. Now, leaders from various parties except Awami League extort business owners across Dhaka in their respective areas.
In the name of political reform, Dr. Yunus has broken the backbone of the national economy — enabling looting, extortion, and business takeovers.
The question now being asked in political circles: Is this collapse merely a sign of incompetence, or a meticulously designed step toward handing Bangladesh’s economy over to foreign interests?
⦁ In the past 14 months, Bangladesh’s judiciary has drifted far from independence.
Senior lawyer Z. I. Khan Panna says, “There is a law, but no rule of law. When the Home Adviser decides who gets bail, justice itself is compromised.” Sayid Ahmed Raza adds, “After the 2024 upheaval, people expected reform—but instead, judges were sidelined and the judiciary collapsed. The environment for justice no longer exists.”
⦁ Advisor Asif Mahmud’s corruption, luxury and love of weapons:
Since taking office, Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan has remained mired in controversy—from corruption allegations and leaked audios to misuse of ministry funds and carrying bullets through the airport.
He’s now accused of politicizing sports by ousting BCB President Faruk Ahmed, staging a sham election. He politically influenced the decision making of Bangladesh Cricket Board by forcing them to not to include Bangladesh’s best and one of the world’s best allrounder Shakib Al Hasan. This is a direct violation of ICC’s laws and regulations to keep cricket boards out of political influence.
