Political stability feels like political paralysis. Urgency for political renewal appears to be replacing the prognosis of political inevitability in the national mood. On the economic front, nervousness beneath the surface appears to have infected the dominant gung-ho megaproject mindset within the government even as the distance between rose-tinted ruling group narratives
The much-discussed recent International Republican Institute (IRI) poll has shown that, above many concerns, Bangladeshis are mostly worried about the alarming rise in the prices of daily necessities. And this is a large chunk of Bangladesh.
The people of Bangladesh are currently facing several crises: financial crisis, inflation, pre-election political upheaval, and the deadliest dengue outbreak ever.