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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Ehteshamul Haque</title>
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<title>The Metaphysics of Bangladeshi Democracy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ BNP must ensure that the caretaker government system, now revived, is built to last, not as a tool of partisan advantage but as the institutional guarantee that, now and going forward, no government, can close the door on the voters&#039; right to choose their leaders. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:46:37 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ehteshamul Haque</dc:creator>
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<title>The Long Road to the Prime Minister’s Office</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A two-thirds parliamentary majority means nothing if the streets of Dhaka turn against you, as Sheikh Hasina learned. If Tarique governs with the same composure and restraint he has shown since his return, there is reason for hope. If he does not, the verdict of the streets will be swift. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:23:53 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ehteshamul Haque</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Post Election, Tarique Rahman, BNP</media:keywords>
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<title>Women, Life, Freedom, Bangladesh</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ We should treat the promise of this election with the respect it deserves. The students who gave their lives, the activists who risked everything, the ordinary citizens who stood up against tyranny, did not do so for narrow partisan advantage. They did so for Bangladesh. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:10:26 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ehteshamul Haque</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Election, Feminism, Vote, Freedom</media:keywords>
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<title>The Changing of the Guard</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ After liberation in 1971, the decisions made in those first years shaped the country for decades. The people who rise to state power or prominence in the next few years will define Bangladesh&#039;s trajectory for a generation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:40:13 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ehteshamul Haque</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Hasina, Tarique Rahman, Narendra Modi, BNP</media:keywords>
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<title>Bangladesh&amp;apos;s Bulwark of Democracy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ She now walks the pathways of the afterlife, while we who remain must honor her legacy by continuing the struggle she led: the struggle for democracy, for justice, and for the betterment of the people of Bangladesh. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:31:03 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ehteshamul Haque</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Khaleda Zia</media:keywords>
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<title>Return from Exile</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Tarique returns to Bangladesh as the indispensable man of Bangladeshi politics, the fulcrum of its democratic transition, the lynchpin of its liberal politics, and the prime minister in waiting. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 08:06:20 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ehteshamul Haque</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tarique Rahman, BNP</media:keywords>
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<title>The Constitutional Knights&#45;Errant of 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ By binding the concept of reform so tightly to the consensus commission&#039;s existence, and suggesting that the commission&#039;s end would spell the end of reform itself, we have propagated a dangerous fiction: that meaningful reform requires suspending normal democratic politics and governing through unelected technocrats. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 12:13:53 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ehteshamul Haque</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Interim Government, July Charter</media:keywords>
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<title>The Stairs to Justice</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When the trial process itself becomes a form of punishment it undermines the very foundation of a just legal system ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 10:21:18 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ehteshamul Haque</dc:creator>
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<title>The Ties That Bind</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United States and Bangladesh were both born of a war of independence that pitted ordinary men and women against the might of a formidable army. This spirit was renewed in Bangladesh one year ago and shared responsibility will always be the backbone of true strength. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 06:47:50 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ehteshamul Haque</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>United States, Bangladesh, 4th of July</media:keywords>
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<title>The Washington Time Lag</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Given the determination of the US and Israel to bring down the Iranian government, what cards does Iran have left to play? Democratic, domestic reform is almost certainly the one durable solution. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 06:45:02 +0600</pubDate>
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