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The speech that stirred a nation for freedom

Syed Badiuzzaman

March 7 is the day that deserves our reflections over and over. The significance of this day is enormous in the history of the Bengali nation. On this day back in 1971, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gave us the roadmap to freedom laying out his vision for a separate homeland we fondly call Bangladesh today.Exploited, ...

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Bangladesh sees a disturbing rise of some female students as gangsters

Syed Badiuzzaman

The Daily Observer, a pro-government newspaper, has made its mark as an unbiased and respected media organization by publishing news for the last few days this week about an alleged torture of a resident female student of Islamic University by a group of fellow students belonging to Bangladesh Chhatra (student) League or BCL, also a ...

The man, the music and February

Syed Badiuzzaman

February is a very significant month of the year. This is the Black History Month commemorating important people and events in the history of African diaspora. And on the 21st day of this month, the UN-recognized International Mother Language Day is observed across the world promoting linguistic and cultural diversity. Originated in the United States, ...

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‘Do not write to impress,’ U.S. professor told journalism students

Syed Badiuzzaman

On the first day of our news writing and editing class at the Graduate School of Journalism of Boston�s Northeastern University in the early 1990s, we all were waiting impatiently with great excitement as that was the most important course of our 40-credit master�s program in journalism on a professional track. The class had about ...

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Fatima al-Fihri: Founder of the world’s first and still-operating university

Syed Badiuzzaman

It may sound unbelievable but this is a fact. This is not a fairy tale. So, if you still think that Italy�s Bologna University or England�s Oxford is the oldest, think again! Not just one, the world�s two oldest and continually operating universities are not in Europe. They are both in Africa and more specifically ...

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Songs of our lives that inspired us for freedom

Syed Badiuzzaman

Music is power. It helps people feel, heal, connect, comfort as well as revitalize themselves. But that is only a narrow definition of music. The power of music is much broader than that. Aside from simply entertaining people, music has also played a pivotal role in inspiring generation after generation of people around the world for ...

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A well-deserved recognition of Bangladeshi moms

Syed Badiuzzaman

This past Tuesday was a victory day for Bangladeshi mothers. The top court of the country delivered a landmark judgement granting mothers the honor of becoming legal guardians alongside fathers of their children. This historic verdict has lifted up the status of women in Bangladesh, a country still heavily dominated by men. Bangladesh now joins ...

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HRW reports ‘rampant abuse’ of Rohingya refugees by Bangladesh police

Syed Badiuzzaman

Human Rights Watch has published a damning report on large-scale �abuse� of Rohingya refugees by the Armed Police Battalion of Bangladesh and urged the governments of the donor nations to exert pressure on Bangladesh authorities to investigate the alleged abuses against the Rohingya living in Cox�s Bazar refugee camps. The New York-based international rights group ...

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EC’s bizarre obsession with electronic voting machines

Syed Badiuzzaman

About 40 years ago, I was assigned to cover a seminar on �The Priorities of the Economy of Bangladesh� or on a very similar topic which was held in one of the conference rooms of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology or BUET. I was then working at the New Nation, an up-and-coming Dhaka ...

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Dhaka Metro will turn Dhaka into a faster, modern city

Syed Badiuzzaman

Bangladesh rang in the New Year on a happier note for an extraordinary achievement in the transportation system in the capital city. Dhaka Metro which was only a dream about a decade ago to Bangladeshis is now a glaring reality. The metro rail, a hallmark of every modern city in the world, has started operating ...