Saleem Samad
Journalist at Freelance
Independent journalist; Media Rights Defender @RSF_inter; Ashoka Fellow & Hellman-Hammett Award;Non Patriot; #FactChecker #Secularist #JournalistsAreNotTheEnemy
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1 week ago |
pressenza.com | Saleem Samad
The traditional month-long book fair ended last February. The book fair commemorates the fallen heroes who sacrificed their lives on 21 February 1952 to establish Bangla (or Bengali) as the mother language. Presently, the day is observed worldwide as International Mothers Language Day, declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). However, the threats of Islamic extremists and radicalised Muslims have not been contained by law enforcement agencies.
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1 week ago |
stratheia.com | Saleem Samad
Soon after Professor Muhammad Yunus frankly announced that Bangladesh is the guardian of the ocean—the Bay of Bengal—the bigwigs, military hawks, politicians, and ‘Godi Media’ in India lashed out at Bangladesh for such a statement, which has been deemed a security threat to the most prominent neighbor of South Asian nations. Conspiracy theories across the border may sound interesting, but equally disgusting.
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2 weeks ago |
stratheia.com | Saleem Samad
News media in Bangladesh and India were agog due to the news that Prof Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor of the Interim Government, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met officially for the first time in a decade on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, on 4 April. The meeting buried all speculations on the question of ‘to be or not to be’ a tête-à-tête meeting between two neighboring countries Bangladesh and India.
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3 weeks ago |
stratheia.com | Saleem Samad
The hostile Indian “Godi Media” is once again rolling up their sleeves after Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus said that, “We Are The Only Guardian Of Ocean…”“If Bangladesh becomes unstable, it will affect [neighboring] West Bengal, Myanmar, and the entire North East India”Hours before Prof Yunus arrived in Dhaka (before taking oath of public office as Chief Adviser of an Interim Government), he spoke to India’s popular 24/7 news channel NDTV.
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4 weeks ago |
thenigerianvoice.com | Saleem Samad
India has not declined a meeting with Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, Chief adviser of Bangladesh Interim Government and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. South Block in New Delhi did not respond to a request for Yunus-Modi state-level bilateral meeting in New Delhi. Through diplomatic channels Yunus' administration had requested for a bilateral visit in December 2024.
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