A nation begins to die when even the deaths of its children fail to shake those in power. In the last 24 hours alone, 11 more children have died from measles and measles-related symptoms. Since mid-March, the death toll has now reached 499. Yet Tarique Rahman’s canal-digging campaigns and the ruling party’s card distribution celebrations have not stopped for a single moment.
The BNP — a party born from military rule — has once again shown that ordinary people hold little value in its eyes. For a political force shaped by corruption and violence, led by a figure who fled to London amid corruption allegations, the deaths of children appear to be nothing more than statistics.
More than 60,000 children have reportedly shown symptoms of measles, while over 47,000 have been hospitalized. Still, this disconnected and allegedly staged government remains unmoved.
When politics revolves around staging elections to seize power, who among them will truly feel responsibility for dead children? After the people boycotted the February 2026 election, the group that came to power through what critics call an illegitimate process now stands accused of remaining silent in the face of child deaths.
While the country’s healthcare system collapses, the BNP leadership — consumed by the arrogance of power — continues dreaming of grand projects from the comfort of palaces.