Human rights activist Sultana Kamal obtained masters degree in English literature from Dhaka University in 1971 and in development studies from Holland, in 1981. Presently the executive director of Ain o Salish Kendra, she was appointed an adviser to the caretaker government in 2006 but resigned with three other cabinet colleagues in December the same year. She received Ananya Top Ten award in 1995 and John Humphrey Freedom Award 1996. Shamim Ashraf took the interview.
In terms of the democratic system, we're stuck in one place and waiting to get it back. When the caretaker government took over, it pledged creating an even-playing field for a free and fair election.
The latest revolution was again a product of the previous "people's revolution" because it failed to provide systemic stability, and its worst manifestations were up for public view. The BNP and the AL supporters battled it out on the streets of Dhaka and created a situation which made law and order intervention impossible to avoid...
Naeem Mohaiemen October 28, 2008 | Print Edition
The latest revolution was again a product of the previous "people's revolution" because it failed to provide systemic stability, and its worst manifestations were up for public view. The BNP and the AL supporters battled it out on the streets of Dhaka and created a situation which made law and order intervention impossible to avoid...
Naeem Mohaiemen October 28, 2008 | Print Edition
Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam at a scholarship awarding ceremony...Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul
Naeem Mohaiemen October 28, 2008 | Print EditionFinance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam at a scholarship awarding ceremony...Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul
Naeem MohaiemenOctober 28, 2008 | Print Edition
Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam at a scholarship awarding ceremony...Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul
October 28, 2008 | Print EditionFinance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam at a scholarship awarding ceremony...Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul
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