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<title>Counterpoint &#45; Naomi Hossain</title>
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<title>(Almost) Everyone’s a Winner: Bangladesh Elections 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The winners and losers, and those in between, in the aftermath of the February 12 polls ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:30:01 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Naomi Hossain</dc:creator>
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<title>Ali Riaz’s Big Bet</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Is tinkering with the formal rules of the game the triumph of hope over experience (this time politics will be different)? Or a more technocratic faith in the power of institutional architecture to push back against the potent political imperatives of rents and control (we can design our way to democracy)? Either way, fixing the rules seems a misplaced focus when history has shown that the amassing of political power rapidly renders such niceties ornamental. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Naomi Hossain</dc:creator>
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<title>Whatever Happened to the Bangladeshi Elite?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Are there signs that the old elite consensus that governed Bangladesh for five decades is breaking down, and, if so, what will replace it? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 11:39:40 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Naomi Hossain</dc:creator>
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