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Md Mahmudul Hasan

Are Bangladeshis anti-Indian?

To understand the recent surge of so-called anti-Indian views among Bangladeshis, we need to examine the misrule that shipwrecked their country.
19 April 2025, 08:41 AM

Char dakhal in art and politics

The proverbial practice of char dakhal has now extended to politics in the form of chandabaji (money extortion) as a metaphor for criminal greed.
22 March 2025, 10:00 AM

'A terrible beauty is born' in Gaza and West Bank

Pre-occupation Palestine had, to use Anglo-American poet WH Auden's words, "marble well-governed cities" full of "vines and olive trees." But Israel and its allies have turned it into "an artificial wilderness"
12 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Gender and spirituality: Role of men and women in Ramadan

Transforming Ramadan from a month of fasting into one of feasting and then forcing women to cook extravagant meals ruins the purpose of the holy month.
9 March 2025, 10:00 AM

Palestine: A large Victorian workhouse?

The Zionist blueprint for Palestine resonates with the strategy of the workhouse authorities of Victorian England.
21 February 2025, 10:30 AM

Lusting Orientals revisited: The British grooming gang debate

The victims are used as tools to spread fear about a specific community.
22 January 2025, 10:15 AM

Jimmy Carter: The US president who called a spade a spade

In 2006, Carter famously sparked an outcry when his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" was published.
17 January 2025, 09:00 AM

Reading Rokeya through the lens of 1857-58 and July 2024

People of the Indian subcontinent, especially those in Bengal, never accepted European colonial rule.
13 December 2024, 07:00 AM

Charles Dickens, colonialism, and the slave trade

Time has not forgiven him for his racist and imperialist views
2 June 2024, 13:45 PM

Is a PhD degree for prestige alone?

The number of PhD holders is on the rise, but the quality and intensity of research and knowledge production are not.
6 May 2024, 03:00 AM

This Ramadan, let's reduce food waste

What we see at the end of iftar parties are big piles of food waste and plastic pollution—not good for the environment or for the spiritual well-being of those who are involved in such practices.
13 March 2024, 01:00 AM

The world in the eyes of Palestinian children

Many of the surviving children in Palestine, especially those in Gaza, have no idea why they have been attacked and killed day in and day out.
28 February 2024, 03:00 AM

A country drifting into political paralysis

Ali Riaz sadly observes that the country is fast drifting into a political paralysis and descending into the abyss of authoritarianism, while maintaining a democratic facade.
16 January 2024, 14:00 PM

A civility test between Israelis and Palestinians

As opposed to the negative and pejorative assumptions about Palestinians, Israelis are routinely described as civilised and democratic.
7 December 2023, 03:00 AM

Israel-Palestine issue: Governments and media insult citizens’ intelligence

Readers may remember an incident at the 2011 G20 summit that took place in the French city of Cannes. The then US President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy were having an informal conversation in between summit sessions.
30 October 2023, 11:00 AM

Sharenting and how it violates our children’s rights

All children on Earth are entitled to the right to privacy, and we must respect it, be it offline or online.
6 July 2023, 03:00 AM

The rhetoric of 'it happens' and whataboutism in political apologia

To use previous incidents of human rights violations to condone those of the present is hypocrisy and a macabre mockery of the past and present victims.
9 January 2023, 15:30 PM

Sajid’s and Sourodip’s victory: To debate or not to debate

A good occasion of national pride and celebration for us as Bangladeshis. But we were not sufficiently thrilled.
5 August 2022, 11:18 AM

Thoughts on Sajid’s and Sourodip’s victory

Two university students have made Bangladesh the first Asian country to win the World Universities Debating Championships. Will this stunning rhetorical feat spark the spirit of debate in our society?
4 August 2022, 13:30 PM
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