Finance & economics | After the coup

Islami Bank Bangladesh has declined since a boardroom coup in 2017

It is now more similar to the country’s other crony-ridden banks

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This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “After the coup”

Redesigning life

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