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The Hypocrisy Under the Veil of Conservatism, Religion and Tradition https://counterpointbd.com/the-hypocrisy-under-the-veil https://counterpointbd.com/the-hypocrisy-under-the-veil Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:39:53 +0600 Alisha Pradhan Bangladesh, Morality, Religion Sometimes There is Fire Without Smoke https://counterpointbd.com/sometimes-there-is-fire-without-smoke https://counterpointbd.com/sometimes-there-is-fire-without-smoke Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:56:36 +0600 Lubna Ferdowsi Pedophilia, Madrasa, Jamaat Amir A Very Partial Mid-Year List of Horribles https://counterpointbd.com/partial-mid-year-list-of-horribles https://counterpointbd.com/partial-mid-year-list-of-horribles Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:10:44 +0600 Manzur Rahman AI, Climate Change, 2026, Future When Genealogy Becomes Propaganda https://counterpointbd.com/When-Genealogy-Becomes-Propaganda https://counterpointbd.com/When-Genealogy-Becomes-Propaganda Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:58:55 +0600 Lubna Ferdowsi Ishrat Manzil, Madhur Canteen, Shahbagh Four Murders, Two Narratives, and the Evidence in Between https://counterpointbd.com/four-murders-two-narratives-and-the-evidence-in-between https://counterpointbd.com/four-murders-two-narratives-and-the-evidence-in-between Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:56:17 +0600 Lubna Ferdowsi Ganapati Chakraborty, Murder, Rangpur, minority Why Being a Woman Does Not Automatically Make Someone a Feminist https://counterpointbd.com/Why-Being-a-Woman-Does-Not-Automatically-Make-Someone-a-Feminist https://counterpointbd.com/Why-Being-a-Woman-Does-Not-Automatically-Make-Someone-a-Feminist Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:47:00 +0600 Jannatul Naym Pieal Patriarchy, Feminism I Am of This Earth https://counterpointbd.com/i-am-of-this-earth https://counterpointbd.com/i-am-of-this-earth Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:38:49 +0600 Anusheh Anadil Environment, Earth, Ecological crisis The Creation of Moral Permission for Violence https://counterpointbd.com/the-creation-of-moral-permission-for-violence https://counterpointbd.com/the-creation-of-moral-permission-for-violence Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:14:20 +0600 Lubna Ferdowsi New Age, Constitution, Ashes We Found Someone to Blame for the Banking Crisis. 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Nazmul Alam Crisis. acceptance, world, power Child Abuse, Religious Power, and the Silence of Institutions https://counterpointbd.com/child-abuse-religious-power-and-the-silence-of-institutions https://counterpointbd.com/child-abuse-religious-power-and-the-silence-of-institutions Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:25:08 +0600 Lubna Ferdowsi Justice, Settlement Development Begins Where Human Potential is Nurtured https://counterpointbd.com/Development-Begins-Where-Human-Potential-is-Nurtured https://counterpointbd.com/Development-Begins-Where-Human-Potential-is-Nurtured Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:50:02 +0600 H.M. 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Siddiqi and Hasan Ashraf Feminism, Worker's rights, Photography, Protest The Song Remains: Freedom, Memory, and the Refusal to Forget https://counterpointbd.com/The-Song-Remains https://counterpointbd.com/The-Song-Remains Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:50:32 +0600 Shamaruh Mirza Pilkhana, Shapla Chattar, Rosa Luxemburg, 1971 The Great Blue Jeans War: How Sydney Sweeney’s Genes Powered Trump’s Spectacle Engine https://counterpointbd.com/the-great-blue-jeans-war-how-sydney-sweeneys-genes-powered-trumps-spectacle-enginefrom-cultural-grievance-to-geopolitical-shock-and-awe-the-unifying-logic-of-a-politics-built-on-spectacle https://counterpointbd.com/the-great-blue-jeans-war-how-sydney-sweeneys-genes-powered-trumps-spectacle-enginefrom-cultural-grievance-to-geopolitical-shock-and-awe-the-unifying-logic-of-a-politics-built-on-spectacle Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:14:47 +0600 Zakir Kibria Spectacle, Republican Learning from Tehran: A Warning for Bangladesh’s Democratic Future https://counterpointbd.com/Learning-from-Tehran https://counterpointbd.com/Learning-from-Tehran Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:34:28 +0600 Azeema Anhar Humaira Propaganda, Radical, Repression The Algorithm’s Muse: How a Cat Meme Led Me to the Barricades https://counterpointbd.com/The-Algorithm%E2%80%99s-Muse https://counterpointbd.com/The-Algorithm%E2%80%99s-Muse Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:07:53 +0600 Zakir Kibria Algorithm, Data, Digital Footprint The Four Bangladeshes https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-Quiet-Schism https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-Quiet-Schism Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:40:30 +0600 Protik Bardhan Four Economies, Inequality, Madrasa Ekattur-er Boiguli: A 1971 Reading List https://counterpointbd.com/Ekattur-er-Boiguli https://counterpointbd.com/Ekattur-er-Boiguli Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:51:36 +0600 Jyoti Rahman 1971, Bangladesh, Liberation War What is a Bengali Muslim Country? https://counterpointbd.com/What-is-a-Bengali-Muslim-country https://counterpointbd.com/What-is-a-Bengali-Muslim-country Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:33:33 +0600 Zeeshan Khan Bengali, Muslim, Nation A History of the Bengali Muslim Nation from 1905 to Today https://counterpointbd.com/the-partition-of-bengal-1905-article-countercurrents https://counterpointbd.com/the-partition-of-bengal-1905-article-countercurrents Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:50:25 +0600 Mumtaz Iqbal Bengal Partition, India, Mujib The Gen Z Burnout: How 20-Year-Olds Became Tired Before Living https://counterpointbd.com/The-Gen-Z-Burnout https://counterpointbd.com/The-Gen-Z-Burnout Sun, 30 Nov 2025 13:49:41 +0600 H.M. 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Ahmad We came apart, before we could come together: The root lies in our identity crisis https://counterpointbd.com/We-came-apart%2C-before-we-could-come-together%3A-The-root-lies-in-our-identity-crisis https://counterpointbd.com/We-came-apart%2C-before-we-could-come-together%3A-The-root-lies-in-our-identity-crisis Tue, 24 Jun 2025 05:49:16 +0600 Shahed Iqbal