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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Mahfuz Anam |Vidya Bhushan Rawat |Mizanur Rahman |M Adil Khan
We need legal frameworks to prevent their future misuseIn its obsession with remaining in power, Sheikh Hasina’s government distorted and misused all institutions, including the judiciary, bureaucracy, police, and intelligence agencies. This facilitated the creation of the fascistic ruling structure from which we have now been freed by the student-led people’s uprising. Political powers also used the DGFI to intimidate the free and independent media.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Vidya Bhushan Rawat |Mizanur Rahman |M Adil Khan |Mahfuz Anam
There was a complete chaos outside the airport when I landed in Dhaka. The main highway did not have enough policemen. The friend who came to pick me up said that Dhaka’s traffic was being managed by locals and student volunteers. The air was thick and extremely polluted very similar to Delhi in the post Diwali days. My friend took me to the place where I was staying and in between I saw walls painted, with Sheikh Hasina’s portraits torn and painted with black or with a cross mark over it.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
asianews.network | Mahfuz Anam
January 17, 2025DHAKA – This may turn out to be Prof Muhammad Yunus’s most lasting legacy. He gave a chance to the poor to break out of the shackles of poverty through microcredit. He is now giving Bangladesh a chance to break out of all its political, governance, and institutional shackles to march forward with democracy, equality, justice, and tolerance.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Mizanur Rahman |M Adil Khan |Mahfuz Anam |Jake Smaje
Four months have passed since the student-led revolution overthrew Sheikh Hasina, the most despised dictatorial prime minister in Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024. The nation has not yet shown signs of stability. The nation’s continuous, sporadic instability and disorder prompted people to consider the government’s successes and failures, as well as its strengths and flaws.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | M Adil Khan |Mahfuz Anam |Jake Smaje |Taj Hashmi
Bangladesh Assistant High Commission office in Agartala was attacked on December 2 by Hindutva hordes… Frenzied up by misinformation, ”thousands of people took out a massive rally to the mission” even as police looked on… Over 50 protesters entered the premises, reported Indian media DNA. (Photo:DNA).
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | M Adil Khan |Mahfuz Anam |Jake Smaje |Taj Hashmi
On 5th of August this year, a student led mass uprising ended and forced Prime Minister Hasina’s 16-year despotic and corrupt regime in Bangladesh and forced her to flee and take shelter in India. The uprising that came at a huge cost – during the uprising Hasina government’s police, the paramilitary and her party’s student wing thugs, the Chatro League killed more than a thousand men and women, mostly young and some as young as 8-year, and injured thousands more.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Paul Ole Leitura |Bharat Dogra |Binoy Kampmark |Mahfuz Anam
The intricate tapestry of global cultures and societal frameworks owes much to the myriad events that unfurled over the course of history. The foundations laid by the advent of agriculture, industrialism, capitalism, and pastoralism continue to shape our world. Yet, among these practices, pastoralism, particularly as it pertains to the Maasai community of Loliondo, is often misunderstood and undervalued in the economic discourse.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Mahfuz Anam |M Adil Khan |Jake Smaje |Taj Hashmi
The only conclusion that can be drawn from much of the Indian media’s recent coverage of Bangladesh is that it is a Hindu-hating country. The venom that is being spewed, the language that is being used, the hatred that is being spread, and the demeaning stereotype that is being portrayed about us seem geared towards generating a hatred for Bangladeshis among the Indian people. The long-term impact of this, along with its backlash here, will be very difficult to neutralise.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
asianews.network | Mahfuz Anam
November 15, 2024DHAKA – It was somewhat ironic. I was attending the UNESCO conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to commemorate the 2024 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEA) at a time when, in Bangladesh, the highest number of journalists in our history had been accused of “murder,” with four of them being in jail. These charges are so farcical and unfounded that the credibility of the interim government may now come under question.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
thedailystar.net | Mahfuz Anam
It was somewhat ironic. I was attending the UNESCO conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to commemorate the 2024 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEA) at a time when, in Bangladesh, the highest number of journalists in our history had been accused of "murder," with four of them being in jail. These charges are so farcical and unfounded that the credibility of the interim government may now come under question.
