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Sayeed Ahmed
Sayeed Ahmed is a development professional involved in the infrastructure consulting business for over 20 years and has worked on projects under several government agencies in developing countries, Asian Development Bank and other institutions.
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Suu Kyi is likely to win again, but will that bring about any real change?
It was a landslide victory in 2015 for Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). -
Has Trump found a solution to America’s Afghan problem?
America’s recent peace agreement with the Talibans in Doha makes many ponder whether it has lost the war. However, before coming to such a conclusion, we should revisit the aims of this decades-old bloody conflict. -
Iran and the USA don’t have to be enemies
The contradict-ion couldn’t be more striking. -
‘The only constant in life is change’
On November 29, 2019, The Daily Star announced the demise of its Star Weekend magazine and the birth of Toggle, quoting Heraclitus as a justification, but without giving him due credit. -
Myanmar’s state of perpetual conflict
Report after report have confirmed the wave of appalling violence in Myanmar on its ethnic minorities, perpetrated by a well-trained, well-armed and state-sponsored organisation. Yet the world seems to be incapable of ending this horrifying situation, perhaps unprecedented since the Second World War. Why?