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Durga Puja then and now: A shocking transformation

Syed Badiuzzaman

There was a time when Durga Puja, the greatest religious festival of the people belonging to the Hindu faith used to come to what was then East Pakistan with great joy. The festival was celebrated each year in a grand manner renewing friendship and fraternity among all people regardless of their religion. General Ayub Khan ...

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Gowher Rizvi: The man behind the curtain

Syed Badiuzzaman

His name is Gowher Rizvi. He is a prominent scholar with international reputation. He has a brilliant academic background with the highest degree from the world's most prestigious educational institution. He also has a lot of teaching experience as well as several publications to his credit that makes him definitely a top-class academic and also ...

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Will the next election be any different from the previous ones?

Syed Badiuzzaman

That's the million-dollar question! When the new election commissioners were appointed from a long list of people nominated by various Bangladeshi political parties, individuals and organizations early this year, expectations skyrocketed for a different and much better election this time around in the country than those in the past under the former officials. But people's ...

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Afghanistan becomes the only country denying education to girls

Syed Badiuzzaman

Last Sunday marked a sad milestone for the Afghan girls. The day completed one full year of the ban on their education denying them a fundamental human right in their own country. The Taliban have kept them out of school even though they promised that they would never interfere with the education of Afghan girls.With ...

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Myanmar may drag Bangladesh into its own internal conflict

Syed Badiuzzaman

Myanmar's military is getting deeply embroiled in an escalating conflict with the Arakan Army. In one of the latest incidents, about half a dozen soldiers were reportedly killed in a series of explosions that apparently targeted a military helicopter in the town of Myebon in northern Rakhine state, according to Myanmar Now, an online media ...

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Hasina’s India visit takes Bangladesh-India relations to new heights

Syed Badiuzzaman

The pictures of the two prime ministers were perfect and self-explanatory. And their body language was even clearer. They were enough to indicate the outcome of the bilateral talks between the leaders of Bangladesh and India. No one should have any misgiving about the accomplishments of Sheikh Hasina's four-day state visit to India. Probably it ...

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Bangladesh will not go the Sri Lanka way

Syed Badiuzzaman

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's assessment of the state of the economy of Bangladesh is accurate. Although the global economy is still suffering due to the prolonged pandemic of COVID-19 and then currently for Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, Bangladesh economy is not performing so badly compared to that of many countries around the world. It ...

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As election nears, pressure mounts for a participatory poll

Syed Badiuzzaman

As Bangladesh moves closer to the next general election scheduled to be held by December next year, the incumbent Awami League government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina comes under a mounting pressure from powerful countries and influential development partners for holding a free, fair and participatory poll in the country. In the past, foreign diplomats ...

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People like Mujib, Gandhi and MLK Jr. never die

Syed Badiuzzaman

Bangladesh just observed the National Mourning Day of 2022. As usually, the day came and went in a somber way once again reminding the nation of the terrible tragedy of August 15. And it will keep coming every year and let the generation after generation of Bangladeshi people know what exactly happened that day in ...

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Bangladesh performs poorly in global ranking of universities

Syed Badiuzzaman

One of my biggest regrets in life is I did not graduate from Dhaka University even though I am sure I could have easily done that. It happened due to an error of judgement primarily on my part. After finishing my HSC back in 1969 from the prestigious 149-year-old Rajshahi College, I opted for Rajshahi ...