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The Plantation That Outlived the Empire

The Plantation That Outlived the Empire

Kazi Ayman Awsaf

Reserved Seats, Real Representation?

Reserved Seats, Real Representation?

Md. Yeasir Arafat

The $30 Billion Nobody Had to Ask For

The $30 Billion Nobody Had to Ask For

Sudarshan Suvashish Das

The American Experiment at 250

The American Experiment at 250

Ehteshamul Haque

The History of Green Politics

The History of Green Politics

Peace or Strategic Reset?

Peace or Strategic Reset?

Mohammad A. Rab

Why Doesn’t Bangladesh Produce More Breakthroughs?

Why Doesn’t Bangladesh Produce More Breakthro...

A Budget That Names the Disease

A Budget That Names the Disease

Suborna Akther Laboni

Reserved Seats, Real Representation?

Reserved Seats, Real Representation?

Md. Yeasir Arafat

The American Experiment at 250

The American Experiment at 250

Ehteshamul Haque

Morality Before Democracy

Morality Before Democracy

Md. Yeasir Arafat

Europe's Defence Dilemma in an Era of American Retrenchment

Europe's Defence Dilemma in an Era of America...

Mustafa Kamal Rusho

The $30 Billion Nobody Had to Ask For

The $30 Billion Nobody Had to Ask For

Sudarshan Suvashish Das

Two Weeks to Sharpen Bangladesh’s AI Budget

Two Weeks to Sharpen Bangladesh’s AI Budget

What Is Preventing Bangladesh from Becoming Cashless?

What Is Preventing Bangladesh from Becoming C...

Muhammad Ibrahim Mojid

Rethinking the Path to Revive Shuttered Industries

Rethinking the Path to Revive Shuttered Indus...

The Plantation That Outlived the Empire

The Plantation That Outlived the Empire

Kazi Ayman Awsaf

The Digital Shalish Court

The Digital Shalish Court

Why are We Talking About What Women Wear?

Why are We Talking About What Women Wear?

The Bedsheet Theory of Women's Success

The Bedsheet Theory of Women's Success

Did Washington Project Power or Cede the Strait?

Did Washington Project Power or Cede the Strait?

Communication is No Longer Optional

Communication is No Longer Optional

Mahzabeen Faruque

The World Hanging on a Bamboo Pole

The World Hanging on a Bamboo Pole

Nafew Sajed Joy

The Silent Threat Beneath Hormuz

The Silent Threat Beneath Hormuz

Syed Misbah Uddin Ahmad (Retd)

All Policy ETC Politics Economics Society

Diplomacy Afresh: H.E. Dinesh Trivedi

Diplomacy Afresh: H.E. Dinesh Trivedi

The Case of the Garo Community

The Case of the Garo Community

Muhammad Asadullah, Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Ritu Sen Gupta & Fateema Tuz Zahra

The Role of Collagen

The Role of Collagen

Raisa Mehzabeen

Looking Beyond LCs

Looking Beyond LCs

Diplomacy Afresh: H.E. Dinesh Trivedi

Diplomacy Afresh: H.E. Dinesh Trivedi

The Case of the Garo Community

The Case of the Garo Community

Muhammad Asadullah, Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Ritu Sen Gupta & Fateema Tuz Zahra

Why the Dollar Remains Inevitable

Why the Dollar Remains Inevitable

The Missing Number in the Budget

The Missing Number in the Budget

Mohammad A. Rab

The Role of Collagen

The Role of Collagen

Raisa Mehzabeen

The Assassination of Ziaur Rahman and its Echoes

The Assassination of Ziaur Rahman and its Echoes

Ehteshamul Haque

Rewriting the Narrative? RAB’s Conduct in a Nation on Edge

Rewriting the Narrative? RAB’s Conduct in a N...

Three Million or Three Hundred Thousand?

Three Million or Three Hundred Thousand?

Serajul I. Bhuiyan

Accountability in Kathmandu, Questions in Dhaka

Accountability in Kathmandu, Questions in Dhaka

Nafew Sajed Joy

Is a Second BNP Term in the Bag? Not So Fast.

Is a Second BNP Term in the Bag? Not So Fast.

The Rise of India’s Cockroach Janta Party

The Rise of India’s Cockroach Janta Party

America's Unfinished Business in Cuba

America's Unfinished Business in Cuba

Looking Beyond LCs

Looking Beyond LCs

Banking Crisis and Private Power

Banking Crisis and Private Power

The Miracle and the Squeeze

The Miracle and the Squeeze

Capital Flight, Inequality, and Who Pays

Capital Flight, Inequality, and Who Pays

The Subaltern is Being Renamed

The Subaltern is Being Renamed

Why Four Streams Of Bangladesh’s Education System Must Become One

Why Four Streams Of Bangladesh’s Education Sy...

The Identity Crisis of Bengali Muslims in Bangladesh

The Identity Crisis of Bengali Muslims in Ban...

Time for Industry and Academia to Read from the Same Playbook

Time for Industry and Academia to Read from t...

All Report Editorial

Two Knees and a Nation’s Grief

Two Knees and a Nation’s Grief

Kawsar Chowdhury

In Memory of a Mother Who Never Stopped Fighting

In Memory of a Mother Who Never Stopped Fighting

The Morning After

The Morning After

Remembering a Friend of Bangladesh

Remembering a Friend of Bangladesh

Emerging Markets Monitor

Emerging Markets Monitor

William B Milam, a Diplomat and a Scholar

William B Milam, a Diplomat and a Scholar

Shamsher M. Chowdhury

An Open Letter to Tarique Rahman

An Open Letter to Tarique Rahman

Ashraf Ud Doula

The End of an Era

The End of an Era

The Morning After

The Morning After

What the Bangladeshi People Want

What the Bangladeshi People Want

Time for Some Tough Love

Time for Some Tough Love

Not For One Day Only

Not For One Day Only

The Trauma of Being Bengali

The Trauma of Being Bengali

Why Is It Called Morog Polao?

Why Is It Called Morog Polao?

Nafew Sajed Joy

Inside Bangladesh's New Youth Culture

Inside Bangladesh's New Youth Culture

Saif Radoun All Nahayan

Before Memory Becomes Myth

Before Memory Becomes Myth

Ishfak Farhan Siyam

Nation, Religion, State, and the Plural Nature of Being

Nation, Religion, State, and the Plural Natur...

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The J-Z Show | Episode 24 | The World Cup: Can Football Fever Alleviate International Tensions?

The J-Z Show | Episode 24 | The World Cup: Ca...

Counterpoint with Zafar Sobhan | Episode 06 | Shayan Khan

Counterpoint with Zafar Sobhan | Episode 06 |...

Counterpoint with Zafar Sobhan | Episode 05 | Thomas Dooley

Counterpoint with Zafar Sobhan | Episode 05 |...

The J-Z Show | Episode 23 | Political Landscape into the Fourth Month of Tarique Rahman Government

The J-Z Show | Episode 23 | Political Landsca...

The J-Z Show | Episode 24 | The World Cup: Can Football Fever Alleviate International Tensions?

The J-Z Show | Episode 24 | The World Cup: Ca...

The J-Z Show | Episode 23 | Political Landscape into the Fourth Month of Tarique Rahman Government

The J-Z Show | Episode 23 | Political Landsca...

The J-Z Show | Episode 22 | West Bengal Elections | Featuring Faisal Mahmud

The J-Z Show | Episode 22 | West Bengal Elect...

The J-Z Show| Episode 21

The J-Z Show| Episode 21

Counterpoint with Zafar Sobhan | Episode 06 | Shayan Khan

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Counterpoint with Zafar Sobhan | Episode 05 | Thomas Dooley

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Counterpoint Generations | Ep 10

Counterpoint Generations | Ep 10

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Counterpoint Generations | Ep 9

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Counterpoint Generations | Ep 8

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Kamilah Ahmed at Arab Hall, Leighton House

Kamilah Ahmed at Arab Hall, Leighton House

'We Wanted Liberation Through Struggle'

'We Wanted Liberation Through Struggle'

Muhammad Asiful Basar

'Partitions of India are the root of many great conflicts today'

'Partitions of India are the root of many gre...

Azeema Anhar Humaira

'People are above everything. They are above the Constitution'

'People are above everything. They are above ...

Michella Chowdhury

Interview with Khalid Quadir

Interview with Khalid Quadir

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