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Dismiss early grievances, personalize criticism, stigmatize opponents, mistake force for authority, answer old questions, control information instead of rebuilding trust and confuse institutional power with public legitimacy. These are not uniquely Bangladeshi mistakes. They are universal governmental temptations.
It is tempting, to view such a crisis as an aberration, an unfortunate deviation from an otherwise sound system. What has occurred at Islami Bank Bangladesh was not accidental; it was the predictable outcome of unchecked authority and weakened institutions