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Deaths at level crossings: How many will be too many?

Syed Badiuzzaman

Just about a week ago, a tragic accident at a railroad crossing in Chittagong took the lives of at least 11 young men and injured about half a dozen more. Most of them were students and they were returning home in a microbus after visiting a waterfall in the area. But high spirits suddenly turned ...

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Bangladesh will not face crisis like in Sri Lanka

Syed Badiuzzaman

Today, let's talk about the recent and still ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka. Many people have already discussed this significant and perhaps the greatest post-pandemic global topic which has captured the attention of many social scientists, especially the economists around the world. And certainly more discussions on this issue will follow on various media platforms ...

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What will today’s ICJ verdict mean for Myanmar and Rohingya?

Syed Badiuzzaman

Today is the judgement day in The Hague. The International Court of Justice or ICJ will deliver a crucial verdict on the objections from the military council of Myanmar to the Gambia v. Myanmar case here. The representative of Myanmar's military has told the court that "ICJ has no right to hear the case." And ...

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Crucial verdict on Myanmar genocide case coming soon

Syed Badiuzzaman

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver a crucial judgement on the preliminary objections from the military council of Myanmar to the Gambia v. Myanmar case in The Hague on July 22. The verdict will decide the fate of the litigation concerning "Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime ...

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Keep the Prophet of Islam out of your politics

Syed Badiuzzaman

There are some people including politicians in almost every country who sometimes say or do something often controversial for 15 minutes of fame. It means being in the spotlight or brief flurry of fame for a short time. After that they are quickly forgotten. Two such people are two former spokespersons of Indian Prime Minister ...

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Tomorrow: The day of national pride and self-reliance

Syed Badiuzzaman

Tomorrow will be like the moon landing day for Bangladesh. As the Americans and millions across the world watched the first humans walk on the moon 53 years ago with a sense of extreme pride and amazement, so will millions of Bangladeshis tomorrow when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the longest ever bridge of the ...

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Cancellation of Odhikar’s registration thoroughly wrongheaded

Syed Badiuzzaman

The recent decision of the NGO Affairs Bureau of Bangladesh to cancel the registration of Odhikar, the most prominent national human rights organization was thoroughly wrongheaded. It sent a chilling and also terrible message about the government's intolerance toward the rights groups and their independent activities in the country. There is no instance of cancellation ...

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Allies speak out for a free and fair vote in Bangladesh next year

Syed Badiuzzaman

As Bangladesh moves closer to the next general election which is scheduled to be held by December next year, friendly countries and prominent development partners of Bangladesh start to speak out what they actually expect in the upcoming significant vote of this South Asian nation. Several days ago, American ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas quite ...

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The Padma Bridge: A symbol of Bangladesh’s pride

Syed Badiuzzaman

Just as the headline reads, the brand new bridge over the once mighty Padma River is now one of the greatest symbols of the nation's pride. Let us not calculate the construction cost of the longest bridge of Bangladesh in terms of any currency as no amount of money can actually measure the value of ...

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Gaffar Chowdhury: A true patriot who will be forever remembered

Syed Badiuzzaman

About two years before I entered the profession of journalism, Bangladesh's legendary journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury left the country and settled in London. So, I only heard a lot of fascinating stories about him from my senior colleagues in Dhaka. And the more I heard about him the more I became interested in ...