Aminul Hoque Polash
Bangladesh is living through a national emergency. Not a crisis in the abstract language of economists and bureaucrats, but a crisis that has entered kitchens, hospitals, farms, factories and bedrooms. It is in the darkened homes of families enduring relentless load-shedding. It is in the long queues outside fuel stations. It is in the helpless faces of parents watching children die from measles. It is in the cracked fields of farmers unable to irrigate their crops. It is in the panic of workers who know their factories may not reopen tomorrow.
The country is not simply struggling. It is being pushed toward the edge.
Fuel shortages have already crippled transport and power generation. More than half of the country’s power plants are out of operation. The government admits to 2,500 megawatts of load-shedding, but the real shortfall is believed to be far higher, already beyond 4,000 megawatts and likely to worsen. The consequences will not remain confined to homes without electricity. Factories, hospitals, courts, offices, schools, banks, internet services and emergency systems will all feel the shock.
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