Bangladesh seeking $4.5 billion loan from IMF is a sign of deepening economic crisis. It reflects problems of serial borrowers in the subcontinent. Economies can’t survive on IMF loan, it can buy time. For resilience, the subcontinent has to act as one unit, with deeper economic and trade cooperation.
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