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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Farhana Sultana</title>
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<title>What the Interim Government Gave Bangladesh</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What Dr. Yunus and his team of advisers stepped into was not a functioning state awaiting a caretaker, it was institutional wreckage requiring reconstruction.  What followed was a period of institution-building that, whatever its imperfections, deserves recognition. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:33:44 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Farhana Sultana</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dr Yunus, Interim Government, Chief Advisor</media:keywords>
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<title>Rivers as Sovereignty: Bangladesh Must Reclaim Its Water Future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ We cannot build the Bangladesh we envision -- democratic, just, climate-resilient -- while accepting manufactured water scarcity as inevitable. The rivers that created Bengal sustain us still -- but only if we fight to reclaim them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:03:07 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Farhana Sultana</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Farraka, Teesta, Rivers</media:keywords>
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<title>Reflections from Capitol Hill: A Year On in Washington and Dhaka</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ One year after the July Revolution, the path ahead is still being shaped. The violence, sacrifice, and demands of the Bangladeshi people must not be forgotten or undermined. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 06:49:49 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Farhana Sultana</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>July Uprising, July Revolution, United States</media:keywords>
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<title>Holding the Line for Democracy in Bangladesh: One Year Since the July Revolution</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ One year after the July Revolution, the memory of brave young lives lost continues to light the path toward a just, democratic, and united Bangladesh ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 06:06:08 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Farhana Sultana</dc:creator>
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