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Ashraf Ghani’s ‘betrayal’ and its consequences in Afghanistan

Syed Badiuzzaman

Since the Taliban takeover in August last year after the precipitous withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Afghanistan, this South and Central Asian country has been following a familiar path-- a path that in the past kept it isolated from the rest of the world and took it to the most undesirable destination of a ...

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The Taliban’s war against Afghan women

Syed Badiuzzaman

This past Tuesday was a black day for Afghan women. On this day, the Taliban issued a decree shutting university education to them for an indefinite period of time. The ban came as a massive blow to one of their fundamental human rights to pursue higher education in their own homeland. Defying the ban, some ...

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Soccer: A true sport of mankind

Syed Badiuzzaman

Soccer is truly a sport of the mankind -- a game of the entire humanity. No other sport in the world came close to it in terms of popularity in the past, nor will they ever do so in the future. This is the ultimate truth. And it was once again proved beyond any doubt ...

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An amazing air travel; almost like a movie

Syed Badiuzzaman

Some people sometimes experience some unexpected incidents during their travels and they never forget them. I also faced not just a single but a series of such incidents during my first trip from Dhaka to Washington in 1988 which I will share with readers many years later today. It was almost like a movie; a ...

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‘Impossible is nothing’: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Syed Badiuzzaman

Destination: Qatar. That's right! The small state on the northern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East is now the destination of the whole world. People from everywhere are currently converging there to celebrate the world's biggest sporting extravaganza -- FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022.History is unfolding in real time in the fourth ...

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A memorable story of my life as a journalist

Syed Badiuzzaman

There are some stories of life that never fade away. Almost each one of us has them and obviously so do I. Time passes but those stories remain and eventually become our memories. Some of those stories are told and some are never told. In my today's column in the Daily Observer, I will share ...

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Two amazing friends and American journalists

Syed Badiuzzaman

Some of the names and faces we come across in life never go away from our memory. As we look back at our past, those amazing people flash through our mind regardless of where we are. They were really our good friends. We spent happy time with them. Here are some unforgettable stories of two ...

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Ted Kennedy: A friend Bangladesh will forever remember

Syed Badiuzzaman

American foreign policy is based on two major principles -morality and national interest. But it is not always easy to maintain both at the same time. Morality and national interest do come into clash from time to time and the U.S. government sometimes faces difficulty in pursuing a morally correct and nationally important external strategy. ...

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Some amazing stories of American hospitality

Syed Badiuzzaman

�By and large, Americans are friendly, polite and considerate people. They stand up for what is right and never hesitate to go even out of their way to help others." That was a general opinion of all 12 journalists from 12 different countries of the world at the end of a journalism fellowship program sponsored ...

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Verdict comes after 17 years in rape and murder case of a sixth-grader

Syed Badiuzzaman

A Bangladesh court not far from the nation's capital took almost two decades to give its verdict in a gang rape and murder case exhibiting the painfully slow process of delivering justice even in serious sex crime litigation in the country. The gruesome incident happened s far back as in 2005 but a court in ...