Bangladesh, July 15 -- In the first half of 2025, Bangladeshs economic narrative has oscillated between optimism and anxiety. On the surface, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, new engagements with the World Bank, persistent calls for foreign direct investment (FDI), and soaring remittance inflows may appear promising. Yet, beneath these headline-friendly events lies a far deeper and more insidious reality: Bangladeshs economic policies are being increasingly dictated not by domestic democratic imperatives, but by a global economic order designed to entrench dependence and undermine sovereignty.

At the heart of this global architecture are the Bretton Woods institutions—the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World...