After the coup

摘要

"It's like the Midas effect in reverse," says Badiul Majumdar of shujan, an anti-corruption pressure group. "Everything the government touches turns not to gold, but rather from gold to dust." He is talking about Islami Bank Bangladesh, which was rocked in 2017 when the government sent military-intelligence operatives to force out senior executives and board members, and replaced them with figures more to its liking. Fears that the boardroom coup would drag down a comparatively well-managed institution in a sector marred by political meddling and cronyism now appear to have been justified.