Dhaka, Feb. 19 -- Six months can define a government's direction -- or expose its limits. For Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's newly installed BNP administration, the first 180 days are being framed as a decisive window: a period to restore public confidence, reassert state authority, and stabilise an economy and administration unsettled by prolonged uncertainty.

Behind closed doors and in public pronouncements alike, the government has begun outlining a priority-based action plan that it says will be implemented swiftly.

From controlling prices before Ramadan to restoring law and order, ensuring uninterrupted electricity and fuel supplies, tightening the grip on corruption, calming campuses, and normalising the pace of administration --...