Bangladesh in Ruins: Nine Months of Dr. Yunus’ Destructive Rule

What was once a flourishing nation with dreams of golden harvests has been reduced to a garden of despair. Under the shadow of his Nobel Prize, Dr. Muhammad Yunus has led Bangladesh into one of the darkest chapters in its history. His nine-month rule has delivered not progress, but devastation — economic collapse, social disintegration, and the near-ruin of state institutions.

Every pillar of the economy has crumbled under this regime. GDP growth has plunged below 3%. Nearly Tk 900 billion has vanished from the once-promising stock market. Non-performing loans have soared to an alarming Tk 1.5 trillion. Both domestic and foreign investment have come to a standstill. There are no signs of industrial revival, not even the import of basic machinery. Banks are on life support, and even after printing Tk 295 billion in new currency, the crisis remains uncontained. Is this economic mismanagement — or a calculated dismantling?

Hundreds of factories have shuttered, crushed by recession and mob violence. Millions have been left unemployed. Tax revenues have plummeted, halting development initiatives. The number of people living in poverty has surged past ten million. For many, begging now seems the only viable livelihood.

The education sector has suffered perhaps the most. Teachers are no longer teaching — many don’t even feel safe doing so. Thousands have been assaulted by mob groups reportedly operating under Yunus’ patronage. Students now wield sticks and extortion ledgers instead of books, and even fellow students’ blood stains the campus grounds.

The once-respectful student-teacher relationship has been destroyed. Automatic pass is now seen as a “right,” while students engage more in occupation, intimidation, and violence than in academics or sports. Public universities have become targets for radicalization, pushing forward an alarming agenda of ideological infiltration.

Even Bangladesh’s sovereignty is under threat. The interim government under Yunus is reportedly leasing out ports, borders, and even islands—treating national assets as disposable. This resembles a national suicide pact, as history, culture, economy, and social fabric are all being systematically dismantled by an illegitimate regime.

The Nation Begins to Wake Up

Though initially misled, the people are now beginning to understand the dangerous game that has engulfed the country. Economic downfall, the destruction of education, industrial stagnation, and weakened state institutions appear to be part of a broader conspiracy to bring Bangladesh to its knees.

Dr. Yunus’s nine-month tenure will be remembered as one of the darkest periods in Bangladesh’s history. Once celebrated for uplifting the poor through microcredit, he now stands accused of making their lives more unbearable than ever. His commitment to the country is now under serious question.

It’s Time to Resist

Resistance against injustice, oppression, and incompetence is now the only path forward. This is our country — and so too is the future. We must rise to reclaim it.