The other is in the oversight of the banking system in general. So, we either recapitalize them -- pay the losses from taxation -- or we lose large parts of the banking system. The previous politics pillaged the banking system and we're going to have to pay for that. But we need to not repeat the mistake of last time around, that banking, the issuance of bank loans, is something determined by politics. Democracy that changes who gets easy loans is a bad idea -- because those loan decisions, the regulation of the banking system, need to be things outside democratic politics.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 28, 2026 20:25 UTC