The good times did n’t last. A combination of the epidemic and financial , mismanagement , took their toll on the emerging market, and two years ago it reached out to the International Monetary Fund and other foreign creditors to reduce decline.
It’s the , third country  , in the region, after Sri Lanka and Pakistan, forced to knock on the International Monetary Fund’s ( IMF)  , door in recent times. All the , volatility is adding to uncertainty in South Asia.
Not just the financial situation was the problem. The political protests over the last quarter have been a lightning rod for a wide range of problems from severe poverty to a failing private sector, Lutfey Siddiqi, visiting professor , at the London School of Economics ‘ , international coverage think tank, told me.
” There’s also anger at the sheer lack of empathy and condescension with which Hasina has  , responded to those worries”, he said.
Despair WITH HASINA’S Federal
The prime minister ‘s , ruling Awami League has most recently , been in authority since , 2009, but elections have  , been often boycotted by the opposition, and widely , condemned , as being poorly free and fair.
She capitalised on , a storied legacy , as the daughter of Sheikh , Mujibur , Rahman, Bangladesh’s foundation parents, going on to become the world’s longest-serving sexual president, but in recent years has clamped down on media freedom , and quashed , public debate. The incompetence of the economy simply exacerbated the issues.  ,