Removal of Nawaz Sharif and the future of Pakistan
We know, since the assassination of the first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951, no Pakistani Prime Minister has been able to complete his or her full term in office. However, someone's stating this becomes clichéd or worn-out unless one discerns the different circumstances leading to each removal and dismissal.
6y ago
Two disasters, two countries, two peoples
Surprisingly, “baby boomers” (born between 1946 and 1960)—the generation that took part in the Liberation War—and “millennials” (born between mid-1980s and early 2000s) of Bangladesh (both supposed to be articulated, brave, and liberal), to put it mildly, also seem to be apathetic and opportunistic, even during times of national emergencies.
6y ago
Trump's Riyadh rendezvous
Although there's no reason to take Donald Trump's erratic behaviour, and his ambivalent and unsavoury assertions seriously, we can't ignore what he staged in Riyadh in the name of defeating Islamist terrorism on May 21.
6y ago
What's so “interesting” in Bangladesh today?
Interest-ingly, “interesting” is an English expression, which may hide one's actual opinion about something one considers “interesting”.
7y ago
A gambit and a war crime
There are contrad-ictory opinions about who on April 4 used chemical weapons, which killed more than 80 civilians, including children in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun in Syria.
7y ago
ISIS threats in Bangladesh - Denials and Delusions
It has happened again! In the wake of the latest round of terror attacks in Bangladesh, with ISIS claiming credit for it, authorities in the...
7y ago
Another regression therapy for Bangladesh?
A recent move by the Government to allow child marriage under special circumstances is tantamount to excluding many Bangladeshis from the benefits of growth and development.
7y ago
Corruption in Bangladesh: Perceptions vs. reality
The country has already become a lower middle-income country. So far so good! However, these indexes don't always tell us the whole truth about the states of governance, corruption, poverty, inequality, and most importantly, frequent violations of human rights across the country.
7y ago
September 29, 2015
America's Muslim obsession
America's Muslim obsession is a post-Cold War phenomenon, further accentuated after 9/11. As sections of Americans are obsessed with Islam and Muslims, “Muslim” seems to be the new “Black” in the American psyche. “Muslim” is also the new “Red”, the equivalent of a “Communist infiltrator” during the Cold War.
September 12, 2015
HAS AYLAN KURDI DIED IN VAIN?
Although hundreds of nameless refugees from Africa and Middle East have perished in the Mediterranean in the last one-year, the world will never forget the image of the three-year old, cute and well-dressed Aylan Kurdi in a red shirt and blue pants, whose body was lying face down in the sand of Bodrum in Turkey.
August 26, 2015
Crossfire killings
Of late, an influen-tial ruling party MP has registered his contempt for the latest rounds of extra-judicial killings by the RAB in Bangladesh.
August 10, 2015
REJOINDER to the Turkish Ambassador's response to “Erdogan's war and US myopia”
This is in response to the honourable Turkish Ambassador Hüseyin Müftüoğlu's rejoinder (August 4, 2015) to my op-ed, “Erdogan's war and US myopia” (TDS, August 3, 2015).
August 3, 2015
Erdogan's war and US myopia
The Obama Administration, which defied the hawkish opposition at home and abroad and signed the historic Nuclear Deal with Iran, seems to have condoned President Erdogan's military operation in Iraq.
July 17, 2015
“Zakat-Deaths” in Bangladesh: An old story of piety and power
Egotistical and irresponsible rich men – who are hell-bent to demonstrate their wealth and power through piety and religion – are mainly responsible for these deaths.
July 14, 2015
Arabisation of Bangladesh
Visitors to Bangladesh, who enter the country for the first time through the Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport in Dhaka, might get the wrong impression about the major languages spoken in the country.
June 28, 2015
British Parliament Dissects Bangladesh: Is it good news?
Whether one likes it or not, Bangladesh does not enjoy good reputation in the West. The latest debate by a British Parliamentary
June 13, 2015
No place for “anti-Indians” in Bangladesh!
I am not sure if Mr Sengupta, his party people and followers have even thought of the implications of kicking out all so-called “anti-Indian” people from Bangladesh.
May 3, 2015
Obama's Drone War: Indiscriminate Killing and Selective Apology
On April 23 President Obama publicly apologised for the deaths of two Western hostages – one American and one Italian – killed accidentally by a U.S. drone attack on an al Qaeda camp in mid-January, somewhere in Pakistan.
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