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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Jaglul Ahmed</title>
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<title>Journalism Beyond Professionalism</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ However critical we may be, the role of the Indian media is noteworthy in the recent remarks of the ex-Chief Minister of West Bengal made on the case of Hadi killings. They collectively refrained, through mainstream and social media, from broadcasting the news publicly to preserve their national interests. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:02:31 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Right to Information Act, Prime Minister</media:keywords>
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<title>What Bangladesh and Iran Share</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A comparison between Bangladesh and Iran may not be pragmatic, given the vast differences in their rich historical heritages. What is comparable is the repeated dedication and courage shown by the people of both nations in standing up for their respective countries. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:50:05 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Partition, Bengal, Iran</media:keywords>
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<title>On China Again &#45;&#45; Between Peace and Power</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Chinese leaders learned it well, as was evident in his call to Mr. Trump in the opening remarks of Chinese Premier Mr. Xi Jinping, who urged him to avoid falling into the Thucydides trap and embrace peace for global prosperity. But at the close of the talk, the disturbing global concerns may be: is there a second Kissinger, or a President like Nixon, to achieve the same? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:43:18 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>China, USA</media:keywords>
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<title>What the Iran War has Wrought</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Not only must the war around the world be stopped, but any illegitimate war anywhere in the world must also be treated as a war against humanity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 13:19:23 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Humanitarian Crisis, Iran War, Economic crisis</media:keywords>
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<title>Iran to Bengal: Religion, Culture, Beauty, and Cuisine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The aesthetics, love of poetry, the beauty of roses, love of delicious food, and love and respect for religion and culture are ideas and practices of the subcontinent, particularly Bengal, that are credited to Iran. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 11:37:49 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Zoroastrianism, Iran, Bengal, Gulistan</media:keywords>
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<title>Between Innocence and Immorality</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Gen Z or Alpha loves beauty and boldness, not beast, humility with harshness when necessary, eloquence, not quiet. The leaders who hide behind humility or show arrogance from the pulpit to conceal the purpose of rule are obsolete. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 14:35:06 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gen Z, Dostoyevsky</media:keywords>
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<title>Enigmatic Iran</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When a nation stands strong to protect its land from aggression, facing the threat of annihilation solely to preserve the dignity of its geography and people, its model of governance can’t align with any universal model for the sake of others. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:43:26 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Iran, liberalism</media:keywords>
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<title>What Next After Iran?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The war will be over, and the Middle East will need massive reconstruction, necessitating a huge workforce from the underdeveloped world ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:20:45 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Iran war, middle east</media:keywords>
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<title>Road to Constitutional Reforms</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The country needs leaders from all political parties in parliament to be self-made men hailing from humble origins, shrewd, hardworking, ruthless, and fiercely nationalistic, capable of building a strong state and transforming society. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:12:19 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mimbar, Reform</media:keywords>
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<title>The Parliament and the New Democratic Journey</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The hopes and dreams of the people in society like ours die in the Westminster system of parliamentary governance, which prefers to suppress the opposition under legal cover; the space for morality wanes completely. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:11:56 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hasnat Abdullah, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, Parliament</media:keywords>
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<title>Iranianism, Beyond the Nation&#45;State</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Iran is more than just a state; it is a civilization capable of developing a new system or model that others might follow, beyond the Westphalian framework. Without wise leadership, the ongoing conflict could not only lead the world into a prolonged economic downturn but also reshape global power balances. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:00:21 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Iran, war</media:keywords>
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<title>The Delusion of History for the Children of the West</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The endurance to hardship, spirit and skills to fight when forced, maturity to restrain, legacy of history to forge their own system of governance rather than blindly copy from the West, are the forte of these old but rich civilizations. They enrich their people not only with their own histories but also with the warring histories of the West, so that they can choose the good from the bad. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:18:48 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Voltaire, Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Renaissance</media:keywords>
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<title>Behind Sufism and Politics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A class of divinely chosen people has the power, endowed by God, to read the esoteric meaning of the Quran and the capacity to guide their own path and that of their followers to connect to the ultimate reality through a mystic journey, which is the foundation of the doctrine of Sufism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:45:01 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sufism</media:keywords>
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<title>The Iran War and Resilience of Bangladesh</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Iran-War-and-Resilience-of-Bangladesh</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Both the USA and Israel have adopted evasive strategies influenced by various factors, such as diverting attention from the Epstein scandal, preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon despite Iran repeatedly denying its intent through negotiations in Geneva, the potential failure of Trump’s MAGA project, and notably, projecting a false sense of control over Iran before Trump’s visit to China to gain bargaining leverage. The length of the conflict will depend on the conflicting attitudes of the USA and Iran’s determination to withstand the war. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:41:06 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Iran, Israel, America</media:keywords>
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<title>Of Shahnama, Divana, Gulistan,  Rubaiyat and Mathnawi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Firdaus embodies the Iranian identity, Hafiz brings ecstasy, Sadi offers wisdom, Khayyam presents doubt, and Rumi provides answers. The psychology of the Iranian people is more complex than Westerners might understand. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:53:19 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
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<title>Ringing Out the Old, Ringing in the New</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The conventional view of politics is an old-fashioned journey ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:34:40 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>July Uprising, NCP</media:keywords>
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