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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Jyoti Rahman</title>
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<title>The J&amp;amp;J Fireside | Episode 07 | Election Promises and The Economic Reality</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In Episode 07 of J&amp;J Fireside, Jyoti Rahman and Rubaiyat Sarwar discuss the tension between election promises and economic realities. The conversation explores fiscal constraints, inflationary pressures, subsidies, and the difficult policy choices governments face when balancing political commitments with economic sustainability. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 18:19:38 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
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<title>The J&amp;amp;J Fireside | Episode 06| The Future Is Coming:  Are we Ready?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In this episode of The J&amp;J Show, Jyoti Rahman and Rubaiyat Sarwar examine why long-term challenges—particularly fiscal pressures, the fuel crisis, and global economic volatility—require immediate attention. The discussion highlights how delayed policy responses can deepen risks, making forward-looking decisions more urgent than ever. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:34:25 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
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<title>The Long Shadow of Hasinomics</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-long-shadow-of-hasinomics</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-long-shadow-of-hasinomics</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Not only is the government expected to manage the current account deficit, but it is also expected to service the debt obligations it has inherited and pay for its electoral commitments, and yet somehow manage to bring inflation down. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:44:47 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Economy, Finance Minister, IMF</media:keywords>
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<title>Two Wings and a Prayer</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Two-Wings-and-a-Prayer</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 55 years ago today, Pakistan as it existed then came to end as the Mujibnagar Government was formally formed. Two generations on, the peoples of the two countries share a common yearning for democracy. On both wings of the erstwhile Pakistan then, a prayer for democracy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:35:03 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bhutto, Ayub Khan, Hasina, Mujibnagar Government</media:keywords>
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<title>No Time to Waste</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/no-time-to-waste</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/no-time-to-waste</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It is striking that nearly two years after a youth led uprising that was triggered by protests about jobs, the economy is largely absent from public discourse. This may be the ultimate July betrayal of them all.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:40:08 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Economy</media:keywords>
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<title>J&amp;amp;J Fireside| Episode 5| Africa Beckons</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/J%26J-Fireside-Episode-5-Africa-Beckons</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/J%26J-Fireside-Episode-5-Africa-Beckons</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Join Jyoti Rahman, a macroeconomist, and Md Rubaiyath Sarwar, a development economist, as they discuss their observations from their recent travels ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:53:43 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords></media:keywords>
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<title>An Unforced Error</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/an-unforced-error</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/an-unforced-error</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Keeping interest rates artificially low is a recipe for disaster. We have been here before -- not even too long ago -- and we know how this story ends. It won&#039;t be pleasant for anyone, least of all the newly-elected government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:04:43 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bangladesh Bank, Governor, Interest Rates</media:keywords>
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<title>J&amp;amp;J Fireside| Episode 4: Economic Policy in the Shadow of the Debt Crisis</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/J%26J-Fireside-Episode-4%3A-Economic-Policy-in-the-Shadow-of-the-Debt-Crisis</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:37:46 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords></media:keywords>
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<title>J&amp;amp;J Fireside| Episode 3: Year in Review</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/J%26J-Fireside-Episode-3%3A-Year-in-Review</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:47:06 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
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<title>To the Election and Beyond</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/to-the-election-and-beyond</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/to-the-election-and-beyond</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As Bangladesh enters into its first real general election since 2008, we will finally be given a snapshot of where the country stands electorally. Have the polls and the pundits called it correctly, or are we in for a February surprise? Only Election Day will tell. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:06:43 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Elections, BNP, Jamaat</media:keywords>
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<title>The Jamaat Factor</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-jamaat-factor</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-jamaat-factor</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jamaat has emerged as one of the two main parties in the current dispensation. Its student wing has won student council elections in five universities. Its online activists dominate the cyberspace. It has consistently polled sufficiently well to emerge as the main opposition in the next parliament if not outright win the election. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:34:28 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jamaat, Jamaat-e-Islami</media:keywords>
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<title>J&amp;amp;J Fireside| Episode 2: Migrant workers, and dispatches from New Delhi and Riyadh</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/J%26J-Fireside-Episode-2%3A-Migrant-workers%2C-and-dispatches-from-New-Delhi-and-Riyadh</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/J%26J-Fireside-Episode-2%3A-Migrant-workers%2C-and-dispatches-from-New-Delhi-and-Riyadh</guid>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:54:21 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India, Indo-Bangladesh Relations, Migrant Workers</media:keywords>
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<title>J&amp;amp;J Fireside| Episode 1: South&#45;South Economic Diplomacy</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/J%26J-Fireside-Episode-1%3A-South-South-Economic-Diplomacy.</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/J%26J-Fireside-Episode-1%3A-South-South-Economic-Diplomacy.</guid>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:29:15 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Economy, Bangladesh, Ethopia</media:keywords>
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<title>Is There Damage Below the Boat&amp;apos;s Waterline?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/has-the-boat-sunk-for-good</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/has-the-boat-sunk-for-good</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Where does the Awami League stand today, 18 months after the July Uprising, and is there any way back for the party post-February 12? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:56:47 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AL, Awami League</media:keywords>
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<title>Moderation is the Virtue</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/moderation-is-the-virtue</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/moderation-is-the-virtue</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In a riverine land such as ours, mainstream might be a more evocative term -- BNP represents the confluence of various cultural, historical, social milieus that continue to flow through us. As Mrs Zia has memorably put it, BNP situates itself to the left of the right, and to the right of the left. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:17:35 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>BNP</media:keywords>
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<title>The New Fault&#45;Lines in Bangladeshi Politics</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/jyoti-piece</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/jyoti-piece</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The axes of Bangladeshi politics have shifted dramatically. Where do the political parties line up in the new dynamic? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:31:31 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, NCP, Election</media:keywords>
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<title>Counterpoint Conversations: Books of 1971</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Counterpoint-Conversations%3A-Books-of-1971</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Counterpoint-Conversations%3A-Books-of-1971</guid>
<description><![CDATA[  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:43:06 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Podcast, 1971</media:keywords>
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<title>To Live Long Enough To Die A Hero</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/to-live-long-enough-to-die-a-hero</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/to-live-long-enough-to-die-a-hero</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Khaleda Zia’s moral authority came not just from her political positions, but also from her very persona. She was the epitome of dignity and grace. Authenticity is a virtue in politics, something she exhibited all her political life. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:39:29 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Khaleda Zia, Begum Khaleda Zia, Death</media:keywords>
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<title>The Politics of Responsibility and Compassion</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-politics-of-compassion</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-politics-of-compassion</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Every Muslim knows the phrase Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim -- the most Beneficent, the most Compassionate. Can we reorient our moral compass towards the politics of responsibility and compassion? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:15:18 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Osman Hadi, Sholay</media:keywords>
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<title>Ekattur&#45;er Boiguli: A 1971 Reading List</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Ekattur-er-Boiguli</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Ekattur-er-Boiguli</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the past decade, a number of books have appeared on Bangladesh’s Liberation War. This essay covers three volumes focusing on the war from within the lens of conflict studies and great game manuevering -- by Gary J Bass, Srinath Raghavan, and Salil Tripathi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:51:36 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>1971, Bangladesh, Liberation War</media:keywords>
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<title>Relax. Elections Are Happening.</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/relax-elections-are-happening</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/relax-elections-are-happening</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Stop doomscrolling and ignore the online doomsayers. We are on course for a peaceful democratic transition. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:51:23 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Election, Polling</media:keywords>
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<title>The Guns of November</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/guns-of-november</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/guns-of-november</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ November 1975 was one of those months when, to paraphrase Lenin, decades happen. Fifty years on from that month of coup and counter-coup, we can hope that the guns have been forever silenced in Bangladesh, and that we will never again see rule from the cantonment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:03:08 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>November 1975, 1975, Ziaur Rahman</media:keywords>
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<title>The Economic Outlook Facing the Next Government</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-economic-outlook-facing-the-next-government</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-economic-outlook-facing-the-next-government</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The interim government has done a creditable job stabilizing the economy and fixing the mess it inherited. But the incoming government is still going to have its work cut out for it, and we will need very safe hands to ensure that Bangladesh gets back on track. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 11:38:17 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Economy, Interim Government</media:keywords>
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<title>What Can We Learn From the Opinion Polls?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/what-can-we-learn-from-the-polls</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/what-can-we-learn-from-the-polls</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There is much to be learned from the surveys that have been done over the past year. But is anyone, especially the political parties, listening? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 09:28:56 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Opinion Poll</media:keywords>
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<title>What if the Elections were Held Today?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/what-if-the-elections-were-held-today</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/what-if-the-elections-were-held-today</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The recent Innovision poll provides a very good snapshot of the political state of play with less than 6 months to go before elections ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:29:43 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Election, Polls, Innovision</media:keywords>
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<title>Election is Coming</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/election-is-coming</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/election-is-coming</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly nine out of ten respondents support the February election timing, nearly seven out of ten believe the Interim Government will deliver it, and over nine out of ten say that they will vote. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 04:38:27 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Election, Polling, Interim Government</media:keywords>
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<title>Slouching Towards Democracy</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/slouching-towards-democracy</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/slouching-towards-democracy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A one-year assessment on the government’s performance would find it has performed adequately, and the country is firmly on the road towards democracy ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 07:09:07 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Interim Government</media:keywords>
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<title>Running the Numbers on the Interim Economy</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/THE-INTERIM-ECONOMY</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/THE-INTERIM-ECONOMY</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For all the talk about reforms, as far as the economy is concerned, Professor Yunus and his cabinet have behaved explicitly like a transitory administration. How do we make up for the past losses? That is something for the elected government to figure out. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 06:04:07 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords></media:keywords>
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<title>The Economic Recovery Has Begun</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-economic-recovery-has-begun%2C-though-pockets-of-weakness-remain</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-economic-recovery-has-begun%2C-though-pockets-of-weakness-remain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Orthodox macroeconomic policies are having desired effects, with the exchange rate and the central bank’s stock of reserves stabilizing even as import restrictions have been lifted. Higher interest rates have had a dampening effect on economic activities, but very strong remittances have supported household consumption, while exports and public demand also contributed to growth. The economic recovery had started by summer, though pockets of weakness remain, particularly in private investment consumption. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 06:35:54 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Economy</media:keywords>
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<title>Of jamdanis and sherwanis</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/of-jamdanis-and-sherwanis</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/of-jamdanis-and-sherwanis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The time has come for Tarique Rahman to exercise leadership and guide his party through the reform process. Leaving it to local leaders threatens to put BNP on the wrong side of history. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:26:59 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords></media:keywords>
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<title>The Mother of All Reforms</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-mother-of-all-reforms</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-mother-of-all-reforms</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An Upper House based on proportional representation would be the single most valuable reform that all sides could agree to that could truly make a difference to the Bangladeshi body politic. The BNP should take that deal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:56:39 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Upper House, PR, BNP, National Consensus Commission</media:keywords>
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<title>A failure to communicate?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/a-failure-to-communicate</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ From Day One, the interim government has been dogged by its inability to explain its decisions to the general public. But it is still not too late to change course, and not only its legacy but also the sustainability of good governance post-elections depend on it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 06:09:34 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Interim Government, Prof Yunus, Elections, NCP</media:keywords>
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<title>Chronicles of Coups Foretold</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Now that Hasina is gone, it is time we explore these deep fissures in our formative years, not just through political thrillers, but also serious, scholarly enquiries. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 08:40:20 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Book Review</media:keywords>
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<title>The Third Act</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Interim Government as the mirror image of the 1/11 regime ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 10:35:03 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Interim Government, Army Chief, 1/11</media:keywords>
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<title>PR Upper House 101</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/pr-upper-house-101</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Everything you wanted to know about a proportional representation-based upper house and were afraid to ask ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 11:03:23 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Proportional Representation, PR, Upper House</media:keywords>
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<title>When the world was ours</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/when-the-world-was-ours-22</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Harkening back to a more hopeful time amid war cries ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 11:22:59 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India-Pakistan war, partition, Bollywood</media:keywords>
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<title>Monsoon Aspirations</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/monsoon-aspirations</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Putting the Monsoon Revolution in historical context ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 13:20:46 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Monsoon Revolution, July Uprising</media:keywords>
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<title>Three anniversaries and a corridor</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/three-anniversaries-and-a-corridor</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Professor Yunus needs to be more transparent and accountable about foreign liaisons ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 13:12:53 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords></media:keywords>
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<title>The kids are alright, how about you?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-kids-are-alright-how-about-you</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An appeal to fellow 40-plus folks to wake up from selfish slumber and join our kids ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 05:17:46 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>July Uprising, Youth, Students</media:keywords>
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<title>The reform options</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-reform-options</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Assessing various reform ideas that have been floated ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 05:05:06 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Reforms</media:keywords>
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<title>The fundamental problem</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-fundamental-problem</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Extreme centralization of power made Bangladesh vulnerable to despotism ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 11:36:40 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Centralization, Power</media:keywords>
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<title>Papye et fe</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/papye-et-fe</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Three months on from the onset of the Monsoon Revolution, time to reset expectations about politics, and remain hopeful ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 10:53:29 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Monsoon Revolution</media:keywords>
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<title>Sheikhdown</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/sheikhdown</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A personal reflection on the cult of personality that underpinned the Hasina regime ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 10:09:47 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sheikh Hasina, August 5</media:keywords>
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