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Maybe the greatest tribute to July is not in another speech or another procession but to remember that revolutions are not only moments of triumph but also the collective memories of sorrow carried quietly by thousands of ordinary citizens.
Behind every martyr stood a family, and behind every survivor often lay wounds that no medal, citation or official recognition could ever heal.
The demand that drove millions into the streets was never abstract. It was the return of democracy and fair elections to Bangladesh, the right of its people to choose their own government, and through that, make the decisions that would govern their destiny.
The first anniversary of a revolution can be about celebrating what was achieved. The second year should be about measuring what has changed.
A warm plate of bhuna khichuri is both a memory left behind on a map across oceans, and a treasure brought along in my portable Samsonite suitcase in keeping the monsoon memories alive.
Marking the one-year anniversary of The J-Z Show, Jon Danilowicz and Zafar Sobhan are joined by Dr. Rumi Ahmed Khan to assess the first six months of Bangladesh's elected government and discuss the qualities needed in the country's next President.
Dismiss early grievances, personalize criticism, stigmatize opponents, mistake force for authority, answer old questions, control information instead of rebuilding trust and confuse institutional power with public legitimacy. These are not uniquely Bangladeshi mistakes. They are universal governmental temptations.
History rarely remembers institutions that made difficult decisions. It remembers institutions that made the right decisions at the right time. Bangladesh is currently going through a grand transformation in the banking sector where five scheduled Islamic banks are on the verge of being merged by the Government of Bangladesh.
When an institution that possesses the legitimate instruments of force also begins accumulating authority over the definition of morality, citizenship and national identity, the balance can become fragile.
Without serious commitment to implement reform in financial sector, revenue collection and governance, the initiative of issuing foreign currency bond seems like cart-before-the-horse case.
Nothing currently in place would produce a different result this time, and a mechanism, not a further calendar date, is what the Korean and Japanese examples both actually supply.
None of this is really new, only newly visible. The Caspian has functioned as a sealed smuggling corridor between Moscow and Tehran since the summer of 2022.
A female teacher's social media reel sparked national outrage -- but the controversy reveals far more about gendered surveillance, respectability politics and patriarchal control than it does about education.
An enforced disappearance can be prosecuted under the ICT Act only when it forms part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population. Standalone cases of enforced disappearance committed by state officials fall outside this framework.
In Episode 8 of Counterpoint with Zafar Sobhan, Zafar Sobhan is joined by Dr. Mubashar Hasan for a candid and deeply personal conversation on regional politics, international affairs, democracy, and the geopolitical challenges shaping South Asia.A powerful conversation on democracy, human rights, political memory, and the lasting impact of authoritarian repression. #Counterpoi
Deep political involvement is necessary to set policies, which bureaucracies can then execute, not vice versa, the whole nation, regardless of political leanings, prefers its leader to be bold yet pragmatic
