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Nizamuddin Ahmed

CHINTITO SINCE 1995

The writer is a practising Architect at BashaBari Ltd., a Commonwealth Scholar and a Fellow, a Baden-Powell Fellow Scout Leader, and a Major Donor Rotarian.

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Chintito since 1995 / Truth shall prevail

And so now the Pope is wrong because he is calling for peace and trying to save lives. He advised Ukraine to show the “white flag”, which other than meaning surrender is also a symbol of peace.
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM
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Twisted thoughts, warped words, and despicable deeds

You have all been invited for “daal-bhaat to a gorib’s house” by (surprise, surprise) a well-to-do host. Obviously, he is far from being poor. Or else, he would not have invited you.
1 March 2024, 18:00 PM
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Chintito since 1995 / This land is not for sale

The present landlords have been living on their land, happily, merrily, for eons with their elders and children.
2 February 2024, 18:00 PM
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Chinito Since 1995 / In search of an apt pasture to graze

There is a reason why you do not see me singing on television.
19 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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Chintito Since1995 / No way out for the poor

Relaxing on the deck of his 50-metre yacht, off the Grand Resort Lagonissi in Athens, a quadrillionaire was sipping on his orange juice before a late breakfast. It was spiked with a dash of lemon and fresh mint sprigs.  
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Gulshan Fire

Gulshan Fire / Why we need proper fire safety plan for each building

Grenfel Tower in London was entrapped in the myth that a single staircase under mechanically-induced positive air pressure was safe for a 24-storey block of apartments.
21 February 2023, 01:30 AM
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Pelé: Unseeing is believing

The world is grieving for Pelé, one of its most gifted sons, who won the universe with his football skills.
31 December 2022, 12:16 PM
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When in Qatar, be a Qatari

In the days leading up to the greatest show on earth, miserably apt was the Bangla saying, "Jare dekhte nari, tar cholon banka."
10 December 2022, 13:30 PM
chintito.jpg

Truth shall prevail

And so now the Pope is wrong because he is calling for peace and trying to save lives. He advised Ukraine to show the “white flag”, which other than meaning surrender is also a symbol of peace.
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM
layer.jpg

Twisted thoughts, warped words, and despicable deeds

You have all been invited for “daal-bhaat to a gorib’s house” by (surprise, surprise) a well-to-do host. Obviously, he is far from being poor. Or else, he would not have invited you.
1 March 2024, 18:00 PM
palestinian-israe.jpg

This land is not for sale

The present landlords have been living on their land, happily, merrily, for eons with their elders and children.
2 February 2024, 18:00 PM
cartoon_by.jpg

In search of an apt pasture to graze

There is a reason why you do not see me singing on television.
19 January 2024, 18:00 PM
gaza-1.jpg

No way out for the poor

Relaxing on the deck of his 50-metre yacht, off the Grand Resort Lagonissi in Athens, a quadrillionaire was sipping on his orange juice before a late breakfast. It was spiked with a dash of lemon and fresh mint sprigs.  
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Gulshan Fire

Why we need proper fire safety plan for each building

Grenfel Tower in London was entrapped in the myth that a single staircase under mechanically-induced positive air pressure was safe for a 24-storey block of apartments.
21 February 2023, 01:30 AM
33c36ihwyriejnujkan35khkqu.jpg

Pelé: Unseeing is believing

The world is grieving for Pelé, one of its most gifted sons, who won the universe with his football skills.
31 December 2022, 12:16 PM
reuters-qatar-world-cup-nov-17-2022.jpg

When in Qatar, be a Qatari

In the days leading up to the greatest show on earth, miserably apt was the Bangla saying, "Jare dekhte nari, tar cholon banka."
10 December 2022, 13:30 PM
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Bangladesh stumped by ‘blind love’

Over-dependence on technology and partisan umpiring is casting a shadow over cricket
17 November 2022, 04:42 AM
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Hollow democracies make the most noise

Probably on account of my last two articles on Covid and dengue, someone thought I was a doctor.
7 November 2022, 14:30 PM
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Aedes-Manush Bhai-Bhai?

The annual meeting of the Nikhil Bangladesh Mosha (mosquito) Samity has been convened.
24 October 2022, 17:00 PM
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Rise in Covid cases: A lackadaisical lifestyle is hardly liberty

Mask usage has come down to five percent, my guess, well below the rate of infection.
19 October 2022, 14:00 PM
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Stealing the applause and appreciation

What could be the psyche behind this ugly practice of stealing the limelight despite having no intellectual, technical, moral or effective input in any of the 23 goals that our girls scored in Kathmandu?
3 October 2022, 13:30 PM
Nimtoli fire

Living on hope, devoid of reality

Many of us believe and widely practise the cliché of, “Hopefully, this shall not happen to me”.
22 September 2022, 11:14 AM
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Mirsarai tragedy: Some coincidences are akin to death traps

Eleven passengers, including seven students, were killed in the collision between a microbus and a train in Mirsarai last month.
29 August 2022, 14:30 PM
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A world in trouble, not just Bangladesh

Almost any major incident causes a ripple effect across the globe – a few ripples lasting longer and spreading further than the others.
8 August 2022, 13:00 PM
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Unusual power lust in modern West

After quenching their lurid lust for power and property, funded by slavery and wholesale loot for centuries, leaving behind a trail of torture, murder and injustice, Western colonialists began to spread the word of the holy books,
18 June 2022, 18:00 PM
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A nation bogged by pitiful pessimists

You have perhaps heard the tale of these two neighbours.
28 May 2022, 18:00 PM
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To dua or not to dua?

You get a surprise phone call, not all have to be pleasant. According to this gentleman, although his voice was unfamiliar, you met him 10 years ago.
10 April 2022, 18:00 PM
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The future doesn’t justify the past

In case you have felt the shivers recently, or sweated profusely, know that climate is not the only earthly element that has undergone change.
23 February 2022, 18:00 PM

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