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<title>The Delusion of History for the Children of the West</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Delusion-of-History-for-the-Children-of-the-West</link>
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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>How More Bangladeshi Students can get to the US</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The goal is to have a unified and cohesive story, an antithesis to the common phenomenon of students accumulating certificates like trophies, so that when they finally face their goal, the student does not essentially become a detriment to the system. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:39:25 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shahreer Zahan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>United States, SAT</media:keywords>
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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>An Open Letter to Barrister Zaima Rahman</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Whatever path you ultimately choose, I offer you my sincere best wishes. May your journey ahead be guided by wisdom, courage, and purpose -- and may it be as smooth and fulfilling as destiny permits. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:35:13 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ashraf Ud Doula</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>BNP, Zaima Rahman, Election</media:keywords>
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<title>The Politics of Responsibility and Compassion</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-politics-of-compassion</link>
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<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>Who Should Speak About Earthquakes?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/who-should-speak-about-earthquakes-the-geological-survey-or-any-other-department</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Responsibility for earthquake and tectonic matters should logically rest with the Geological Survey of Bangladesh. What scientists can do is identify risk zones and recommend safer building practices. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:28:07 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sirajur Rahman Khan</dc:creator>
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<title>On Mudi, Tong, and the Perils of Asking Simple Questions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ During the Mughal and Maratha eras, the official in charge of grain supplies and rations for royal households or armies was called the Modi. The storeroom where provisions were kept? The Modikhana: Modi plus Khana, the Persian word for house or room. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:14:25 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Linguistics, Language, Etymology</media:keywords>
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<title>Will AI Fix Bangladesh’s Inequality or Automate It?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ AI systems don&#039;t operate in a vacuum. They operate on people and amplify the society beneath them. That brings us to the uncomfortable question at the heart of Bangladesh&#039;s AI future: if we deploy these systems on top of our existing inequalities, do we fix them or automate them? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:28:18 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AI, Bangladesh</media:keywords>
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<title>Bangladesh’s AI Policy Needs an Engine, Not Just a Map</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-AI-Policy-Needs-an-Engine%2C-Not-Just-a-Map</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A policy without execution mechanisms is not a plan. It is a press release. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:13:46 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Atificial Intelligence, AI</media:keywords>
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<title>What Did the Dhaka Earthquake Mean?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The November 21 earthquake was unprecedented in our recent memory. What does this mean for the future of the city, how prepared are we, and what needs to be done now? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:56:51 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sirajur Rahman Khan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dhaka, Earthquake</media:keywords>
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<title>The First Thousand Days</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Why child nutrition cannot wait ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:51:42 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Raisa Mehzabeen</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Children, Childhood Nutrition</media:keywords>
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<title>What Should We Make of the Amnesty Statement?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Amnesty concerns about cross-examination, defense preparation time, and structural weaknesses merit careful scrutiny. We must not dismiss them. However, they also need to be understood within context. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:53:28 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Khaled Saifullah</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Amnesty International, Sheikh Hasina, ICT, Verdict</media:keywords>
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<title>Landmark Verdict Ushers in a New Dawn</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/landmark-verdict-ushers-in-a-new-dawn</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ This verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal is not merely the conclusion of one case; it is the beginning of the journey toward a new Bangladesh -- a Bangladesh that will be founded on justice, human rights, and the rule of law. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:53:33 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sharif Bhuiyan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sheikh Hasina, ICT, Interim Government, Awami League, Death Penalty, Verdict</media:keywords>
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<title>11 Things You Need to Know About Enforced Disappearances and the Detention of Army Officers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Everything you wanted to know about the detention of the 15 army officers and the cases against them but were afraid to ask ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:27:39 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>David Bergman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Army Officers</media:keywords>
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<title>We Need a National Artificial Intelligence Policy</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/What-should-be-our-national-Artificial-Intelligence-policy</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ We are already behind, but it is not too late and it need not continue to be that way. AI can help Bangladesh take a quantum leap into the future. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:13:09 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Omar Shehab</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AI, Artificial Intelligence</media:keywords>
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<title>An Open Letter to WHO: You Knew Who Her Mother Was. Why Did You Wait?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/an-open-letter-to-who-you-knew-who-her-mother-was-why-did-you-wait</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The WHO placing Saima Wazed on &quot;indefinite leave&quot; is too little, too late. She should never have been given the post to begin with, and it should not have taken so long to remove her. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 08:20:50 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Toffael Rashid</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>WHO, Saima Wazed</media:keywords>
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<title>Of July and Revolutions</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/of-july-and-revolutions</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Contrary to confident public pronouncements by commentators, the Bangladesh-America relationship remains strong and is poised to reach new heights in the future ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 06:28:36 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jon Danilowicz</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, United States, July Uprising</media:keywords>
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<title>Let Global Hands Steer Our Ports: A Call from a Son of Chittagong</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Let-Global-Hands-Steer-Our-Ports%3A-A-Call-from-a-Son-of-Chittagong</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Let-Global-Hands-Steer-Our-Ports%3A-A-Call-from-a-Son-of-Chittagong</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh should welcome global partners to improve its ports, cut costs, and create jobs -- saying no out of fear will only hold us back again ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:17:09 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mirza R. Ahmad</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Chittagong Port</media:keywords>
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<title>The Washington Time Lag</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-washington-time-lag</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-washington-time-lag</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Given the determination of the US and Israel to bring down the Iranian government, what cards does Iran have left to play? Democratic, domestic reform is almost certainly the one durable solution. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 06:45:02 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ehteshamul Haque</dc:creator>
<media:keywords></media:keywords>
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<title>Irrational Use of Medicine in Bangladesh: Graduate Pharmacists Are the Key</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Irrational-Use-of-Medicine-in-Bangladesh%3A-Graduate-Pharmacists-May-Be-the-Key</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The interim government&#039;s initiative to launch chain pharmacies and the plan to distribute essential medicines through graduate pharmacists in hospitals could be a groundbreaking step in healthcare ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:51:44 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mahady Tarek</dc:creator>
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