In about 10 days, Muhammad Yunus’s caretaker government will complete 10 disastrous months in power with nothing to show for it. Bangladesh’s democracy has been suspended, the economy is in collapse, and law and order have been on indefinite leave since mobs ousted Sheikh Hasina and celebrated it by waving their 76-year-old Prime Minister’s bra.

Highlights of the Yunus government’s tenure so far have been unleashing waves of genocidal terror against political opponents, setting free from prison several terrorists, including Ansarullah Bangla Team chief Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani, giving Islamist groups like Jamaat, Hefazat, and Khelafat free play, allowing proscribed outfit Hizbut Tahrir’s first public rally in Dhaka, making up ad hoc laws to stay in power, and bringing the economy to the point of breakdown.

At a press conference on Sunday, top industrialists said Bangladesh’s economy was a ticking time bomb. The business leaders accused the interim government of sleeping through leaping production costs, fuel shortages, and a hostile business environment. They warned that the power and gas crisis is wrecking local industries and leading to factory shutdowns, mass layoffs, and financial defaults.

Bangladesh Textile Mills Association President Showkat Aziz Russell said that if during the 1971........

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