As Bangladesh battles escalating prices, acute housing deficits, water scarcity, and failing infrastructure, the interim government under Muhammad Yunus has approved a staggering 786 crore taka project for 71 opulent ministerial flats in Dhaka’s Minto Road area.
Detailed in a hard-hitting New Age report, the three-block development includes 20 crore more for high-end furniture. Flats boast 8,500-9,300 sq ft layouts with rooftop pools, all bankrolled by public funds amid widespread deprivation.
The exposé labels this a quadruple failure: breaching fair resource allocation, undermining ethical legitimacy, disowning the 2024 protest legacy, and rush-approving elite perks pre-elections. In a country scarred by deep divides, environmental threats, and strained services, such spending is indefensible.
Families huddle in substandard dwellings while education and healthcare systems buckle. Dubbed ‘official residences,’ these extravagant spaces—swimming pools and all—reek of excess, signaling that elite indulgence trumps public good.
Political heavyweights, poised for upcoming polls, offer no critique or rollback pledges. Their hush reveals not impartiality but shared stake in perpetuating privilege, fueling calls for genuine reform in a nation at a crossroads.