The fascist Yunus regime’s shameless nepotism and cronyism reach new depths of corruption with a staggering 42% of its new development projects—totalling a Tk212,587 crore (approximately $20 billion)—being shamelessly funnelled into the Chittagong division, the birthplace and personal playground of the so-called Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus.
This isn’t strategic national planning; it’s outright looting of taxpayer money to pamper the dictator’s home turf while abandoning the rest of Bangladesh to poverty and decay.
Over the past 18 months of this illegitimate junta’s rule, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC)—rubber-stamped under Yunus’ direct chairmanship—has approved 153 new projects worth Tk212,587 crore across 20 meetings, according to a report by the daily Bonik Barta newspaper.
Yet, Chittagong division alone devours Tk89,297 crore (42%), with dozens of schemes—around 40 in total, including 29 fresh ones—centred squarely there. Chittagong city itself gets the lion’s share, with 11 major new projects exclusively focused on the urban core.
Here are some of the most egregious examples of this biased, self-serving splurge:
– Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL-2) Modernisation and Expansion in Patenga, Chittagong: The crown jewel of Yunus’ favouritism, this oil refinery upgrade to boost refining capacity costs a staggering Tk35,465 crore (some reports peg it higher at Tk42,973 crore in proposals). After foreign financing collapsed, the regime forced full self-funding from government coffers (Tk21,278 crore from the treasury, the rest from Eastern Refinery itself). Critics slam the inflated costs—far exceeding similar projects in African nations like Zambia or Angola—smelling of kickbacks and waste.
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– Chittagong Sewerage System Development Project: A massive Tk5,152 crore overhaul of the city’s drainage and sanitation infrastructure, with Tk4,144 crore coming as loans from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). This includes building sewage treatment plants (capacity around 60,000 m³/day using Anaerobic-Anoxic-Oxic methods) and networks in key catchments to supposedly improve urban living and protect the environment—but conveniently timed to beautify Yunus’ hometown.
– Chittagong Water Supply Development Project (first phase revisions): Tk3,921 crore, backed by Tk3,268 crore in World Bank loans, aimed at expanding piped water access in the city.
– Kalurghat Area Sewage Treatment Plant Land Acquisition: Tk2,154 crore just for grabbing land to build a treatment facility in this industrial zone.
– Residential Flats for Government Officials: Multiple schemes in abandoned buildings across Chittagong, totalling over Tk1,500 crore (e.g., Tk1,132 crore and Tk394 crore for two revised projects), providing luxury housing perks to bureaucrats in the favoured division.
– Bay Terminal Marine Infrastructure Development Project (BTMIDP): Tk13,525 crore, fully funded by World Bank loans, to expand port facilities—further entrenching Chittagong’s economic dominance while the regime hypocritically claims to reduce foreign debt reliance.
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– Karnaphuli River Rail-cum-Road Bridge at Kalurghat: Tk11,560 crore, with Tk7,125 crore from South Korean loans—ballooned to 10 times the original 2018 estimate of Tk1,163 crore, another classic case of cost overruns under Yunus’s watch.
These are just the highlights; the list includes biodiversity projects in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, drainage improvements, stadium upgrades, and more—all disproportionately skewed to one division.
Meanwhile, poverty-ravaged areas get crumbs: Rangpur scrapes by with 2.44% (Tk5,190 crore), Rajshahi 1.38% (Tk2,937 crore), Barishal 0.86% (Tk1,838 crore), and Mymensingh a pitiful 0.17% (Tk376 crore). Even Dhaka, the capital, lags far behind at just 9.27%.
This grotesque regional disparity flagrantly violates Bangladesh’s Constitution (Article 19), which mandates equal opportunities and balanced resource distribution. Experts like former Planning Commission Secretary Md. Mamun Al Rashid warns that it breeds inequality, public resentment, and long-term instability.
Yet Yunus’ Planning Commission mouthpieces spout excuses about Chittagong being an “economic hub” due to its port—ignoring that true governance would prioritise the neediest regions, not the leader’s birthplace.
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The rot extends beyond allocations: Yunus’ junta packs the administration with incompetent Grameen Bank cronies and relatives, bends rules without accountability, green-lights shady businesses for himself and his inner circle, and pushes reckless foreign sell-offs like Boeing deals, port leases, and secretive NDAs that mortgage the nation’s future.
This February 12 sham election farce approaches, but Yunus’s blood-drenched, corruption-soaked regime has already unmasked itself as a cabal of self-enriching tyrants, betraying the very people they claim to have “liberated.” The people—and history—will not forgive this nepotistic plunder.
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