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<title>Counterpoint &#45; M.K.Aaref</title>
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<title>The Myth of Arab Unity</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Arab world is connected, but it is not unified. Its leaders may meet under chandeliers, embrace for cameras, and issue communiqués about common destiny in a common language. But beneath that ceremonial language lie rival economies, competing ports, divergent security partnerships, dynastic anxieties, and national projects. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 11:46:22 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>M.K.Aaref</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Arabian Peninsula, Gulf, Qatar, Palestine</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Did Urban Planning in Dhaka Fail So Miserably?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Disorder in Dhaka is not always accidental. It is often profitable. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:56:08 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>M.K.Aaref</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Urban Planning, Infrastructure, RAJUK</media:keywords>
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<title>When Bangladesh’s Demographic Dividend Turns Into a Curse</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This demographic dividend becomes a curse when policy fails to match demography. The interim government’s focus on political stabilization overshadows economic planning, leaving youth unemployed and restless. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 11:43:42 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>M.K.Aaref</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Youth, Employment, Unemployment</media:keywords>
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<title>The Election Bangladesh Needs but Isn’t Having</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The timing could not be more appropriate. With election dates announced, the country has slipped into a familiar trance. What is striking is not what is being said, but what is being omitted. There is almost no sustained conversation about how Bangladesh will pay its bills, grow its industries, or persuade its own citizens to invest in their own country again. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:15:06 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>M.K.Aaref</dc:creator>
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<title>What Can We Learn From Vietnam?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Keeping India and Pakistan as the main mirrors will always make Bangladesh look respectable. but adding Vietnam to the frame as a benchmark is more meaningful. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 12:47:21 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>M.K.Aaref</dc:creator>
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<title>When Bangladesh’s Demographic Dividend Turns Into a Curse</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The demographic dividend is not destiny -- it’s a choice. Bangladesh has 15 years to act, but  the window shrinks daily. Without a bold vision, this youth bulge could ignite unrest rather than prosperity, echoing the Arab Spring’s unfulfilled promise.   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:32:45 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>M.K.Aaref</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Demographic Dividend, Population</media:keywords>
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<title>Your Home in the Sky and the House in Disarray</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It is long past due for Biman to start fulfilling its potential and becoming a cornerstone of the Bangladesh development story ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:01:07 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>M.K.Aaref</dc:creator>
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<title>The Weaponization of History</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What happens when history is turned into an instrument not of understanding, but of coercion,  sanctification, and political legitimacy? Across continents and ideologies, regimes and ruling  parties have wielded history not just to remember, but to silence, not to teach, but to control. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:10:23 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>M.K.Aaref</dc:creator>
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