Lack of leadership
The leaders of a country are a mere reflection of society, like movies. Does Bangladesh have honest and efficient leaders? Are they different? Can they speak different languages, eat differently, dress differently and have different priorities? Leaders only care about their own interests. The moment they step outside their houses, everything becomes somebody else's responsibility. Leaders are not united, they don't even know/support other organisations which are fighting on their behalf. I have seen leaders of Bangladesh abroad who don't even smile at each other, nor even look with respect at each other when they are abroad. So naturally a lack of leadership is a problem. Interestingly, the people of Bangladesh are not even capable of understanding and supporting an honest and efficient leader. Last but not the least, leaders of Bangladesh are not law abiding citizens. Hence the society as such has lack of any strong ethics or any leadership. So they can't excel in real competitions.
It is a pity that Bangladesh is governed by inept people. I do not agree that corrupt politicians thrive because of a spineless bureaucracy. This happens because the entire nation (with a few exceptions) is spineless and not disciplined. The quality of our administration is deteriorating because we do not have good administrators. Corruption is rampant because we, from the very beginning, chose to elect selfish and inept leaders. As a result, crooks, criminals, smugglers, dacoits changed their labels and joined the bandwagon of “Netagiri/ Netrigiri”. Now, where are the politicians about whom we are dreaming? And in their absence, who will assert their will to put the governance in order?
Unfortunately, our people believed in those who were not worthy of their trust. We kept backing weak and lousy horses.
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