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When civil servants are neither civil nor servants
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was all too often exasperated by the elitism of the bureaucracy, so much so that at one point he advised civil...
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February: Lahore 1966 ... Lahore 1974
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Fifty-three years ago in Lahore, in February 1966, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — political heir of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, general secretary of the...
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Our expectations of our ministers
Syed Badrul Ahsan
A few days ago, at the first meeting of the new council of ministers, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the new cabinet ministers to work with...
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The pitfalls of democracy
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Democracy comes with its pitfalls. It is certainly not the best form of government, but given the medley of political formulations the world is...
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Memories of Mohammad Ali Bogra
Syed Badrul Ahsan
It is rather intriguing how the term 'Bogra' came to be associated with the name of Mohammad Ali. Of course he hailed from the place, and of course...
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The passing of a gentleman politician
Syed Badrul Ahsan
The passing of Syed Ashraful Islam takes from us a politician whose sense of dignity was as acutely pronounced as his understanding of politics. He...
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Sheikh Hasina, Kamal Hossain ... of what is, of what might have been
Syed Badrul Ahsan
The general election today, barring a repudiation of predictions already made, is not likely to throw up miracles or an upset. There is the...
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A good election is a striving for excellence...
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Good elections are a joy to live through, for they are a reaffirmation of the power of the people to choose a government they believe will help...
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16 December is a reminder of our secular ethos
Syed Badrul Ahsan
The season of victory is once again upon the Bengali nation. It's Victory Day today, a celebration of life, a remembrance of lives sacrificed in a...
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Life in the shadow of four dictators
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Life for my generation has been a perpetual struggle for democracy and the benefits assumed to be accruing from it. We happen to be men and women...
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Freedom fighters in the Jamaat, did he say?
Syed Badrul Ahsan
We have been informed, on the authority of Nazrul Islam Khan of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) that contrary to our collective national...
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All the elections we remember
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Elections anywhere are a reason for some profound memories to come alive. Now that Bangladesh’s people are proceeding towards what hopefully will...
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Rude politicians, historical truths ... and the Oikya Front
Syed Badrul Ahsan
ASM Abdur Rab did not answer the question Nazrul Kabir put to him on Ekattor Television the other day. Instead, he tried browbeating the reputed...
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Carpetbaggers in politics do not enrich politics
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Everyone we know seems to want to come into politics. Time was when politics was, well, a preoccupation of politicians. And those politicians...
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Dialogue: After the euphoria, the serious questions
Syed Badrul Ahsan
The euphoria generated by the dialogue between the government and the opposition appears to be dissipating somewhat. Despite Prof. AQM Badruddoza...
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A.K. Fazlul Huq was one of us
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq was an embodiment of electric energy. He was larger than life, in the literal as well as figurative sense of the word. In...
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Questioning character, spewing obscenities, salivating over tamarind
Syed Badrul Ahsan
We are all rattled by the incendiary comments which Mainul Hosein hurled at Masuda Bhatti last week. We understand that he called Bhatti later to...
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