Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus’ post sparks outrage on social media

Special Correspondent

Dhaka, May 25, 2026: When he took over as the chief advisor to the interim government of Bangladesh after the student-public movement of July-August 2024, Dr. Muhammad Yunus was an icon and national hero for millions of young people.

The activists elected him with the hope of taking Bangladesh to new heights in the world arena. His press wing’s active narrative and social media campaign made him a ‘youth visionary’, ‘father of social entrepreneurship’ and a symbol of national unity. While in power, his social media posts received millions of positive reactions.

But just three months after leaving power, the picture has completely turned upside down.
Yunus, the embodiment of Bangladesh 2.0, who still shows the youth dreams, is receiving a flood of haha ​​reactions on all his posts and videos.

The situation has become so bad that where Yunus’ post used to get millions of reactions and comments, the number of reactions has now come down to 5-7 thousand, of which 90 percent are negative or haha ​​reactions. And in the comments section of the post, most of the comments are filled with anger, blaming Yunus for the child’s death.

Considering the negative reaction flooding that has arisen, Dr. Yunus’ international image has been affected, and the number of reactions has been stopped from being displayed on all Yunus Center pages, including his personal Facebook page, and the comment option has also been disabled.

The public’s hatred and disgust for Dr. Yunus has become so intense that comments on his pages have had to be turned off.

Measles vaccine shortage: The biggest reason

The main reason for the public outcry was the devastating measles outbreak of 2026. During the Yunus government (in September 2025), the purchase of vaccines through UNICEF and Gavi was stopped and shifted to an open tender system. This change, ignoring UNICEF’s warnings, created a vaccine shortage. As a result, the vaccination rate of children dropped to 59 percent. As a result, a measles outbreak spread across the country from March 2026. More than 70,000 suspected cases, thousands of children infected and more than 500 children died from it.

A petition has been filed in court seeking an investigation and travel ban against Yunus and others involved in this crisis.

Allegations of waste of money and corruption in the name of reforms

There have been allegations that billions of taka were spent on ‘reform’ speeches during the Yunus era, but the result was ‘horse droppings’. Hundreds of complaints of corruption, nepotism in appointments and irregularities worth billions of taka have been filed with the Anti-Corruption Commission against his advisors and officials. These complaints have further increased public anger. Dr. Yunus, who went from being the hero of the July Movement to a symbol of public anger in just a few months, has opened a new chapter in the political and social reality of Bangladesh. This incident is an example of how dire the gap between people’s expectations and reality can be.