Bangladesh is rightfully idiotic! They started out under Yunus thinking that they would carve a gleaming new legacy, only to trip over their lungi and into a geopolitical slapstick saga. They have, within the shortest time, managed to alienate India, Myanmar, and maybe even China. In hindsight now, it looks less a legacy and more a lesson in how to turn neighbours into nemeses.
The Great Rebrand
In March 2025, Yunus strutted into Beijing, Nobel glow on full blast, signing deals for ports and power plants. It was almost like Bangladesh was done being India’s shadow, and it was time to shine as South Asia’s slick dealmaker! Billions in Chinese loans, whispers of a multipolar future, and a cheeky nod to being the “key to India’s Northeast.” Oh, what a vibe that was!
Turns out that vibes do not stop bullets when smugglers and rebels crash the Party. And so, on 4th October 2025, the Arakan Army, riding high on their Rohingya grudge, hammered those borderlands. Gunshots popped like champagne corks, and sent Bangladesh villagers diving for cover, as they wondered I am sure “What’s with this early Diwali? Didn’t we finish all the Hindus already?”
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), ever the wallflower, beefed up patrols in response, but were careful to steer clear of the melee. Funny, considering they seem to be actively funding and providing logistical support to the Islamist terrorist to hit the AA posts. Well, the doctor always hates the taste of his own medicine.
India’s Cold Shoulder
India? Once Bangladesh’s ride-or-die, is in the mood. Post-Hasina, Dhaka’s extradition demands for the ousted PM lit a fuse. So, India choked yarn exports, That Yunus’s Bangkok summit with Modi? Nothing more than a brisk handshake.
Myanmar Muddle
Myanmar’s no better these days for bungling Bangladesh. The million-plus Rohingyas camped in Cox’s Bazar, has Dhaka pleading for repatriation. When they are not arming them to infiltrate Myanmar that is. But anyway, reaching the Myanmar junta? Well, let’s just say that Dhaka has to cross the AA first; something which they look clearly incapable of. And so, the BGB keeps watching this spillover like it is a bad reality show, as their investments take AA bullets and are stretchered back to their terrorist bases.
China’s Indifference
China? Dhaka’s nudge to Beijing for a fix has been met with a diplomatic yawn. That imaginary warm fuzzy loan looks drying faster than their monsoon clouds. Yunus’s infrastructure haul was a coup. Or so he imagined in his grand vision. Thing is, the AA’s Rakhine rampage threatens Beijing’s Kyaukphyu port party. And Dhaka’s now begging for China to broker Rohingya peace.
But how? Myanmar’s junta is on the ropes and rebels are running the show in the region. Xi (already in a patch back home) is keeping his distance. Ties aren’t broken, but they’re bending. I mean, there is a limit. Begging to China for money… begging China be a negotiator… and what exactly it is that Yunus is capable of? Other than sucking up to the Clintons? And so, Bangladesh’s big global glow-up is looking like a sweaty face in Dhaka summer loadshedding.
So here’s to Bangladesh: from dreaming of bridges to dodging bullets, and Yunus’s “new legacy” tumbling down the dirt road of BGB sleeping with Rohingya terrorists, and random citizens molesting women for being “unIslamic”. Let them learn the hard way that that in geopolitics, you do not just strut around trying to pick new friends; you keep the old ones from turning into foes.
