Habib Siddiqui

Nov 10, 2024 | eurasiareview.com | Habib Siddiqui

In the late 1970s, I came to Canada for higher studies in chemical engineering. I had the rare opportunity there of being taught by some of the professors whose former student included my own teacher – professor Nooruddin Ahmed who would later become the vice chancellor at BUET, Dhaka. In my short stay, I found the Canadian people very warmhearted and friendly.

Nov 1, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Habib Siddiqui |Clarence Lusane |Henry A. Giroux |Tom Engelhardt

by Abdul A. Bhuiyan and Habib SiddiquiIn times of war, truth is often the first casualty. The US elections are increasingly becoming the battle grounds where truth is sacrificed at the altar of falsehood for political expediency. As if we have not seen enough of such falsifications, the battleground has been expanded to the other side of our planet seemingly to curry favor from a target group of voters. Consider, for instance, the claims of the US presidential candidate Donald J.

Oct 12, 2024 | eurasiareview.com | Habib Siddiqui

I get calls and emails from my old friends and editors of some of the newspaper and internet sites who ask me if I am doing okay. When I tell them I am doing okay, they ask me why I have not been writing anymore. It is hard to explain why someone like me who has hitherto been active since his college days and written on human rights violations almost non-stop every week for more than three decades has chosen to remain silent on the latest crisis in the Middle East.

Sep 30, 2024 | southasiajournal.net | Habib Siddiqui

Mawdudur Rahman and Habib SiddiquiThe students and the common people of Bangladesh dared to do something in 36 days of July-August that was considered simply impossible by most area experts just days before August 5. They said ‘enough is enough’ to an old order that insulted their humanity, robbed their dignity and imagined their citadel of power simply impenetrable. They refused to bow down to a murderous regime that knew no bounds to its cruelty and plunder of the country.

Aug 27, 2024 | eurasiareview.com | Habib Siddiqui

Definition: NRBs or Non-Resident Bangladeshis comprise people of Bangladeshi origin who live outside Bangladesh. The émigré community that has settled in various parts of our planet also fall under the NRB category. Facts: Wherever they have settled as the new residents (e.g., citizens, dual citizens, permanent or temporary residents), the NRBs and their children and grandchildren are amongst the best educated and successful communities in the world.