Mehedi Hasan Marof
Ex-cadet, football enthusiast & JOURNALIST. Byline @NBCnews, @DialogueEarth_, @Diplomat_APAC, @scroll_in, @thewire_in. Available for commissioned reporting.
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1 month ago |
netra.news | Mehedi Hasan Marof
Only six days had passed since the family of Touhidul Islam, an activist with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, had buried his elderly father at the family graveyard in Cumilla. Friday was meant to be a day of remembrance — a solemn gathering to honour the late patriarch’s memory. Instead, by midday on January 31st, the family was holding a second funeral — this time for Touhidul himself.
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1 month ago |
aljazeera.com | Mehedi Hasan Marof
When Maydul Hassan was first mugged, he thought he had hit rock bottom. But within a week, the 21-year-old student was battered and robbed again - this time, in front of the police, who, according to Hassan, stood by and did nothing. Hassan, who participated in last year's student-led uprising that helped unseat longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now wonders what the nation he risked his life for has turned into. "This is what I got in return," he said.
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Jan 18, 2025 |
netra.news | Mehedi Hasan Marof
For Rezwan Rahman Sadid, a final-year medical student at Rajshahi Medical College, anti-India sentiment in Bangladesh is not new, but it has taken on a sharper, more pervasive edge in recent years. “The current hatred or inability to see India positively stems from Indian hegemony, their dismissive attitude towards Bangladesh, and the propaganda they perpetuate about us,” he said.
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Dec 20, 2024 |
netra.news | Mehedi Hasan Marof
Hundreds of videos and posts — mostly from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) loyalists — have flooded social media, proclaiming “the leader is coming” following a High Court verdict that overturned the 2018 conviction of Tarique Rahman, the de facto leader of the BNP.
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Dec 11, 2024 |
aljazeera.com | Mehedi Hasan Marof
Dhaka, Bangladesh - Krishna Das had never imagined that his peaceful life in Sunamganj, a northeastern district of Bangladesh, would come crashing down on a seemingly ordinary Tuesday evening last week. The trigger was an allegation of blasphemy. A young Hindu man, Akash Das, had allegedly posted an insulting comment about the Quran on Facebook.
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