29/6/2025–|Last update: 12:03 (Mecca time)
The Economist newspaper said that the government of the Prime Minister Muhammad Yunus Holder Nobel Prize For peace, the authority took power almost a year ago in Bangladesh, and promised to restore the regime and renew the democratic institutions that destroyed years of mismanagement.
The newspaper stated that things are still difficult in this country with a population of 174 million, where political demonstrations continue, and many politicians are keen to attack the enemies more than their keenness to build bridges, and she wondered whether Bangladesh will lose its new opportunity, at a time when aid discounts threaten andCustoms The American Development, and the relations remain with India In a crisis?
Nevertheless, Mohamed Younis, 84, insists – in an interview with Economist – that his project is on the right path, explaining that achieving the radical reforms that the Bangladeshis seek will take time, and that the news of the economy with his government is Sarah.
Yunus stated that growth is not excellent, but it is much better than expected last year, and said that foreign exchange reserves increased significantly, against a decrease in the rate Inflation The annual, at a time when the government seeks to liquidate troubled loans, and search for billions of dollars that the previous government is believed to withdraw abroad.
To encourage these efforts, everyone agreed International Monetary Fund AndAsian Development Bank On billions of dollars, according to Yunus. But the problem is that Bangladesh It still depends on textile exports, and it has a miserable infrastructure, and does not create sufficient job opportunities for its youth, as Chandan Sabkota of the Asian Development Bank indicates.
Awami’s bond banned
As for the government’s foreign policy, Yunus says that Bangladesh “communicates with everyone”, and he visited China and signed a number of agreements with it, and he attended the first triple summit with China and Pakistan, but all this harms relations with India, and the alliance with China It may harm relations with America, who was Bangladesh, one of the largest beneficiaries of its external aid before lowering it.
The biggest problem that faces Bangladesh remains the extent of the restoration of democracy, and Yunus pointed to the possibility of holding the elections in February 2026, or no later than April, but he previously wants the politicians to sign a document that is still mysterious – according to the newspaper – called the “July Charter”, determines the basic rules of the elections and reforms that the winner must complete.
About 150 parties were registered to compete in the elections, among them National Citizen Party The emanating from the protests, which does not exceed the voting intentions of 5%, in addition to the National Bangladeshi Party, which has supported 42% of the voters who made their decision, while the proportion of support reaches Islamic Group 32% in opinion polls.
And the party will not participate “Awami Association“In the elections, because the interim government has banned his political activity due to the pressure of other parties, citing” national security “concerns, but a large segment of Bangladesh’s voters believes that this decision deprived them of an appropriate option in the polls, especially since the Awami Association is very popular.
She accused an organization Human Rights Watch (Non -governmental), the interim government by targeting the supporters of the Awami Association “arbitrary” in a way that “reflects the arbitrary government campaign against political opponents.”
Arafat Khan, the legal researcher at a college London For the economy, the permanent change requires the unification of all Bangladeshis, not the imposition of sanctions, and adds that Bangladesh is in urgent need of “a moment Nelson Mandela“In reference to the transitional phase implemented by the anti -apartheid leader after he became the governor of South Africa.