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18:21, Feb 17, 2019
We will not go down that road
Syed Badrul Ahsan
For a good many days in 1953, Lahore was a hotbed of sectarian conflict. Hundreds of Ahmadiyyas came under attack and were murdered by the...
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17:55, Feb 14, 2019
Substantive democracy: Role of political parties and civil society
Farzana Begum
Democracy is not merely about holding periodic elections, but a combination of institutional developments, practices of political rituals, and a...
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17:24, Feb 13, 2019
Feb 21: The International Mother Language Day
Emdadul Haque
After 23 June 1757 which fastened the people of this sub-continent with the shackle of two hundred years of servitude and misrule, which finally...
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18:43, Feb 12, 2019
Let commonsense be more common
Ekram Kabir
Imagine while you’re reading this piece, your son may be crossing a busy road talking on his mobile phone. Imagine while you’re busy in office,...
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19:20, Feb 11, 2019
Can you be a feminist and funny?
Sanjida Tanny
My editor has been quite upset about how I disappeared---- after all, if Carrie Bradshaw disappears, who is going to brag and sustain the talks...
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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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00:23, Feb 10, 2019
Police can change the face of Bangladesh if they quit “addictions”
Nadeem Qadir
The police week has brought forward issues like “addictive” corruption and non-performance by the men and women responsible to protect us. But even...
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21:21, Feb 07, 2019
What law says about corporal punishment?
Miti Sanjana
Many young school goers experience normal separation blues and may be upset and clingy especially when they go to residential schools. This is...
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16:42, Feb 06, 2019
For a health-conscious society
Ekram Kabir
A news report on the expanding market for pharmaceutical products in our country has caught my attention. The report said that the pharma market in...
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22:01, Feb 04, 2019
The case for regulating Facebook
Jennifer Saba
Apple is now the de facto watchdog of Silicon Valley. That’s the conclusion from its decision this week to shut down the apps on its platform that...
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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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18:39, Jan 31, 2019
Israel boycott ban is not about free speech
Zach Schapira
Can U.S. state governments withhold public contracts or financial investments from companies that boycott Israel? Twenty-six states have laws and...
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23:59, Jan 29, 2019
What should surrendering yaba godfathers do?
Towheed Feroze
Of late, there has been talk of allowing known yaba godfathers to surrender and admit their transgressions. Well, what happens after that? In 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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16:57, Jan 26, 2019
Afghanistan: The murky road to peace
Md. Sharif Hasan
The United States is eager to end its nearly 18-year involvement in the war in Afghanistan, which has killed tens of thousands of civilians,...
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16:41, Jan 24, 2019
Why Trump’s border wall would backfire on him
Lincoln Mitchell
The stalemate between Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over funding for the border wall has been politically damaging for the president....
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18:32, Jan 23, 2019
Are Saudi Arabia’s reforms a hoax?
Towheed Feroze
In the ongoing Asian Cup football, the game between Saudi Arabia and Qatar was something to watch and keep in mind for a long time. This was a game...
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20:26, Jan 22, 2019
RMG: The labour that should not be lost
Nadeem Qadir
Two things led me to write this piece. The first concerns the time when a younger neighbour asked me to join him in setting up a garment making...
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16:33, Jan 21, 2019
The ‘Dis-United’ kingdom
Ekram Kabir
Whenever I think of the United Kingdom, an image of an aggressive colonizing nation comes to my mind. Although it has been a long time since the...
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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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