Countrywide general strikes, or hartals in our local parlance, were a necessary component of politics in the 1960s and all…
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It remains a dark, sinister day in national history. On 7 November 1975, the Bengali nation became hostage in the…
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51 years ago, on this day, the 4th of November, 1972, Bangladesh adopted its Constitution. Take a look at the…
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Today marks the 76th birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Take a look at her decisiveness and political acumen. It…
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There are all those men and women who have consistently, and without embarrassment, taken perverse pleasure in undermining Bangabandhu, both…
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On a recent talk show on one of the ubiquitous electronic media outlets in the country, a young politician currently…
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In a recent New York Times article titled “Quietly Crushing a Democracy: Millions on Trial in Bangladesh,” author Mujib Mashal…
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Nineteen years after the violent explosions at a political rally that claimed the lives of 22 people and left more…
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Subhash Chandra Bose’s hold on the Bengali imagination has been of a rather enduring kind. A large section of the…
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The assassination of the Father of the Nation on 15 August 1975, along with the murder of nearly his entire…
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