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Kamal Ahmed

Kamal Ahmed is consulting editor at The Daily Star. He led the Media Reform Commission under the interim government. His X handle is @ahmedka1.

July charter signing

July National Charter: A consensus in name only?

A genuine national consensus on the path to democratic renewal has fallen short of expectations.
16 October 2025, 14:00 PM
social media influencers vs journalism

Time to draw the line between influencers and journalists

Social media influencers without accountability pose threats to stability.
6 October 2025, 02:00 AM
Israeli strikes in Gaza

Palestine’s recognition is not a reward to Hamas

Western media's coverage of Palestine's recognition is anything but an unbelievably shameful dehumanisation of the Palestinian people.
25 September 2025, 02:00 AM
Ducsu election analysis

Ducsu election: Identity, strategy, and the politics

Those who won the Ducsu election on Tuesday have set a new precedent.
11 September 2025, 11:30 AM
Bangladesh Us trade deal

Why the Bangladesh-US deal demands public scrutiny

Bangladesh's US tariff deal brings relief but raises deeper concerns.
25 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Hasina's fall anniversary

From rage to reform: Is Bangladesh ready to rise?

After last year's uprising, nation-building comes as a monumental responsibility.
6 August 2025, 02:00 AM
khairul haque

An ex-chief justice on the dock: How Hasina broke the judiciary

Restoring public faith in the judiciary is now more urgent than ever.
30 July 2025, 02:00 AM
India push-in Bangla speakers

From refugees to citizens: Who is India pushing into Bangladesh?

India’s push-ins of Bangla-speakers spark calls for more decisive actions.
22 July 2025, 02:00 AM
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Concern for Kajol during the pandemic

Does anyone know what had happened to Utpal Das? If you cannot remember who Utpal is, no one would blame you.
2 April 2020, 18:00 PM
crossfire

Crossfire deaths in Teknaf

The deaths of seven suspected Rohingya robbers in a single incident of so-called crossfire are not normal, even in an environment where such extrajudicial killings have become the new normal.
6 March 2020, 18:00 PM
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Jihadists of Bangladeshi descent

The verdict rejecting the appeal of the so-called ISIS bride, Shamima Begum, has stoked an important debate in the United Kingdom, raising serious concerns and anxiety among migrant families and rights activists.
14 February 2020, 18:00 PM
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Dhaka’s crucial role in enforcing ICJ ruling

On January 23, when the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, at the onset of his deliberations pronounced that “the Court’s references in this Order to the Rohingya should be understood as references to the group that self-identifies as the Rohingya group,” some of us in the press room were elated.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
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Distrust of Police: Neither good for public nor for police

Going by social media trends, the arrest of the alleged rapist of the Dhaka University student has failed to convince a significant number of people that he is indeed the real offender.
14 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Myanmar

Why is most of Asia looking away from Myanmar?

The latest resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly condemning rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minority groups in Myanmar was the third such resolution on the subject.
4 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi

Has Bangladesh provided an excuse for Suu Kyi’s defence?

It was another reprehensible act of genocide denial. While defending the indefensible at the world court, the International Court of Justice
22 December 2019, 18:00 PM
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Certainty over Brexit, yet uncertainty remains in the Kingdom

One would not expect, least of all in western democracies, to see people taking to the streets immediately after a new prime minister takes office with a landslide victory.
15 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Will pensions be hit by Brexit?

House prices lower, unemployment higher, real incomes down, a year long recession and now, poorer pensioners.
28 May 2016, 18:00 PM

The economics of steel? Pretty bad

In markets, a "buffalo jump" is the moment the price of a commodity rises suddenly before slumping back to its more normal steady state - which for products such as steel has been down, down, down.
30 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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