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16:44, Jul 14, 2019
Blundering to Partition 1947
Syed Badrul Ahsan
In these monsoon days of July, memories of the blood-drenched division of India come alive. Or, more precisely, it is the mistakes, the blunders...
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17:48, Jul 07, 2019
When rickshaws are the enemy...
Syed Badrul Ahsan
We had homes once upon a time, with charming gardens fronting those symbols of sophistication. Then came a time when crass commercialism crept into...
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18:05, Jun 30, 2019
Governance is serious business
Syed Badrul Ahsan
The authorities, as we understand it, have been going full steam into the business of nabbing the villains responsible for the murder of a young...
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18:27, Jun 16, 2019
Of Deshbandhu, Netaji and Bangabandhu
Syed Badrul Ahsan
They were all Bengalis, all remarkable men who shaped, in enormity, the destinies of their people. They had a sense of purpose that could only...
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15:05, Jun 07, 2019
June 7, 1966 and the Six Points
Syed Badrul Ahsan
On 7 June 1966, the Bengali segment of Pakistan’s population branched out on a course that would change the course of history in our part of the...
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16:42, Jun 02, 2019
The growing irrelevance of the OIC
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Regional and international organizations often fall by the wayside of history when they lose their relevance. And they cease to be relevant when...
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19:59, May 26, 2019
Dhaka University, global rankings ... and our embarrassment
Syed Badrul Ahsan
A teacher of Dhaka University, on a visit to London recently, sought to enlighten his British-Bangladeshi audience with a story he sought to pass...
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15:57, May 19, 2019
‘Dhormio Onubhuti’ … and the battle for God
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Much talk has gone on around the issue of religious sentiments, of Dhormio Onubhuti as it is known in Bangla; of such sentiments being hurt by...
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19:19, Apr 28, 2019
Assassins’ safety and Western rule of law
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Quite some years ago, a Canadian politician made a trip to Bangladesh. Prior to leaving the country, he informed the media that the laws of his...
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22:27, Apr 21, 2019
History ... as those bald men made it
Syed Badrul Ahsan
There are some wonderful images, even realities, you tend to associate with bald or balding men. Euphemistically speaking, of course, you could...
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20:35, Apr 14, 2019
1971: The war that Shwadhin Bangla Betar waged
Syed Badrul Ahsan
April proceeds apace. In another April long ago, Bengalis in droves were making their way to war, to a decisive struggle that would free them of...
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16:43, Apr 07, 2019
Khan Shamsur Rahman ... our very own Dr. Johnson
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Khan Shamsur Rahman, or call him Shamsur Rahman Khan, was a richly-stocked storehouse of knowledge. His encyclopaedic mind remains unmatched, his...
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18:25, Mar 31, 2019
The rise and fall of a Machiavellian politician
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has been a complex figure for those who have observed and studied his rise and fall. Forty years after his execution by the...
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16:16, Mar 10, 2019
Three dictators ... in the month of March
Syed Badrul Ahsan
This is the story of three dictators. Two of them are Pakistanis. The third one is a Bengali.All of them have an affinity with the month of March....
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16:44, Mar 03, 2019
The meaning of an Election Commission
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has informed the country that it is not the responsibility of the Election Commission to bring voters to...
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00:21, Feb 11, 2019
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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17:03, Feb 03, 2019
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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16:51, Jan 27, 2019
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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23:29, Jan 20, 2019
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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19:21, Jan 13, 2019
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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