Mozammel H. Khan

The writer is the Convenor of the Canadian Committee for Human Rights and Democracy in Bangladesh, and a long-time contributor to Mukto-mona.

A scandal based on flimsy grounds

Three business executives have been acquitted on February 9 in a major foreign corruption case involving SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., known otherwise as the Padma Bridge scam, after an Ontario judge threw out wiretap evidence key to the case, saying the wiretap applications were based on gossip and rumour.

7y ago

A visionary leader

The Legal Framework Order (LFO) was issued as President's Order No. 2 of 1970 by the President of Pakistan and Chief Martial Law Administrator General A.M. Yahya Khan on March 30, 1970.

8y ago

Shedding our prejudices

If you are in a drawing room and any other gathering of your friends or acquaintances, naturally the talk of the day would lurk around what is going on around the world.

8y ago

Pakistan's Illogical Stance

Pakistan's national Parliament once again sided with war criminals by passing a resolution that drew condemnation in Bangladesh.

8y ago

F R Khan - A Bangalee legend from the golden chapter of our history

In the limited scope of this piece, I intend to remember the role of a great Bangalee in our Liberation War of 1971 - the Bangalee who, through his contributions..

8y ago

It just doesn't add up

We are fighting ceaselessly against the distortion of our history; let us not do the same ourselves. As far as the DS is concerned, when none of the AL leaders, none of the newspapers of the country dared to open their mouths against the Chief of Army Staff's (CAS) tacit intention to create 'our own' brand of democracy, it was only Mahfuz Anam who had the bravado to write a commentary under the heading, “Gen Moeen goes public on politics.”

8y ago

Would someone stop the madness of these sycophants, please?

There are many in our land, living either at home or abroad, who possess the unflinching dedication to the values of our Liberation War...

8y ago

Let the truth speak for itself

It came to my knowledge through social media that The Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam in a TV interview has admitted to his “biggest

8y ago
December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015

THE UN'S SILENCE

Despite history's numerous precedents, the word “genocide” did not exist until legal scholar Raphael Lemkin, a

November 22, 2015
November 22, 2015

War crimes trials: The lobbyists are at work again

The much-awaited verdict on the review petition against convicted war criminals Ali Ahsan Mohammed Mojaheed (incidentally, my

October 31, 2015
October 31, 2015

War Crimes Trials And now the Amnesty International

And now the Amnesty International (AI), the watchdog body for world-wide human rights has come up with a statement on its website under the title Bangladesh...

October 23, 2015
October 23, 2015

Canadian election and Trudeau's victory speech

The general election that took place on October 19 ushers in a new era for Canada, as Justin Trudeau, the son a former Prime Minister and Canadian ...

September 1, 2015
September 1, 2015

Should our professors 'hang' themselves?

As I write this piece, a picture of a stunned Professor Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, drenched in rain, after an assault on a teachers' demo at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) on August 30 has gone viral, thanks to social networking sites and the media.

August 15, 2015
August 15, 2015

THE SHEPHERD KING OF HISTORY

The tragic hero, Aristotle wrote, suffers a change in fortune because of a mistaken act to which is led by his “error in judgement” or his “tragic flaw”.

August 2, 2015
August 2, 2015

Why do our politicians consider themselves indispensable?

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned on July 6, saying he was told shortly after Greece's decisive referendum result that

June 7, 2015
June 7, 2015

BNP's current policy towards India

After its failed violent movement to unseat the government in its demand for a fresh general election under a caretaker government,

May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015

Has the country turned into a killing ground for free thinkers?

If one analyses why criminality and corruption are so pervasive in the society, the first and foremost answer would be the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators.

April 17, 2015
April 17, 2015

Portrait of a patriot

KM Shehabuddin, former Bangladeshi ambassador to the United States and an iconic patriot and diplomat, passed away on