As Dr. Yunus’s unelected regime continues to project an image of stability abroad, chaos is spreading like wildfire on the ground. On Saturday afternoon, multiple garment factories, shops, and showrooms across Gazipur came under coordinated attack in the name of the so-called ‘March for Gaza’ movement.
The violence broke out across key industrial hubs—Kaliakoir, Kashimpur, Konabari, Board Bazar, and Tongi—where gangs used the rally as a cover to loot and vandalize businesses. While many workers had peacefully gathered along the Dhaka–Mymensingh Highway to join the march, eyewitnesses say organized groups of outsiders exploited the situation, storming into factories and retail spaces, smashing property and seizing goods with impunity.
This is not an isolated incident. Combined with the attacks inside Adamjee EPZ earlier the same day, it paints a grim picture of an administration either incapable of or unwilling to protect the country’s economic backbone from mob violence.
Dr. Yunus’s interim regime has so far failed to take any meaningful action against these attacks. No statement. No arrests. No accountability. The silence is not just deafening—it’s enabling.
By turning a blind eye to this lawlessness, the regime is sending a dangerous message: that political opportunism and street violence will be tolerated, even at the cost of industrial safety, investor confidence, and public security. Bangladesh’s business sector—already reeling from instability—is being left to fend for itself as the government watches from the sidelines.
The question now is not whether Dr. Yunus’s administration can govern—it’s whether they even intend to.
