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<title>The Hypocrisy Under the Veil of Conservatism, Religion and Tradition</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-hypocrisy-under-the-veil</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-hypocrisy-under-the-veil</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh does not need another generation that merely knows how to speak about religion, culture, patriotism, or morality. Perhaps we need a generation that knows how to live them. And perhaps that is where the real Bangladesh begins. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:39:53 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alisha Pradhan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bangladesh, Morality, Religion</media:keywords>
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<title>The Bell Tolls for Bangladesh</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-bell-tolls-for-bangladesh</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-bell-tolls-for-bangladesh</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As the global aid system shrinks itself by design, Bangladesh is being asked to do more, with less, twice over  --  once for a million Rohingya it did not create, and once for a climate crisis it did not cause. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:56:19 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Inmanuel Chayan Biswas</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rohingya, Bangladesh, Cox&#039;s Bazar, Refugees</media:keywords>
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<title>Counterpoint with Zafar Sobhan | Episode 10 | Runa Khan</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Counterpoint-with-Zafar-Sobhan--Episode-10</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In this episode 10 of Counterpoint With Zafar Sobhan, host Zafar Sobhan is joined by Runa Khan, Founder and Managing Director of Friendship, for an insightful conversation on social development and humanitarian work. The discussion explores the challenges facing communities in Bangladesh and the importance of creating sustainable opportunities for meaningful change. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:46:14 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zafar Sobhan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords></media:keywords>
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<title>Is Washington Fighting Yesterday’s War Against Tomorrow’s Superpower?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Is-Washington-Fighting-Yesterday%E2%80%99s-Wars-Against-Tomorrow%E2%80%99s-Superpower</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Is-Washington-Fighting-Yesterday%E2%80%99s-Wars-Against-Tomorrow%E2%80%99s-Superpower</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ China leads in AI publication volume, citations, patent output and industrial robot installations, while the US retains advantages in notable model development, high-impact patents and investment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:23:18 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>China, USA</media:keywords>
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<title>The Clock is Ticking</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-clock-is-ticking</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-clock-is-ticking</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The nation needs a doctrine to specifically define what the state should exist for and what it should deposit into the people&#039;s account for a longer term than an electoral cycle. The plan can be subordinated to the doctrine to ensure continuity of governance, not of party. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:03:13 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jaglul Ahmed</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>nation, government, pound</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Sometimes There is Fire Without Smoke</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/sometimes-there-is-fire-without-smoke</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/sometimes-there-is-fire-without-smoke</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The success of a country&#039;s moral education cannot be measured by looking at children&#039;s lips. If you want to measure it, ask whether a seven-year-old child can sleep safely at night inside that institution. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:56:36 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Pedophilia, Madrasa, Jamaat Amir</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Navigating Belief, Empathy, and Silence</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/navigating-belief-empathy-and-silence</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/navigating-belief-empathy-and-silence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ To live fully is to stand barefoot on the razor&#039;s edge between what we know and what we can only feel -- embracing the magnificent chaos of a mind that refuses to be tamed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 17:26:46 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Anusheh Anadil</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Belief, Skepticism, Spirituality</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Bangladesh Cannot Afford to Fail the 2027 Money Laundering Test</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Why-Bangladesh-Cannot-Fail</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Why-Bangladesh-Cannot-Fail</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh does not need more boxes ticked. It needs evidence that financial crime is investigated regardless of who committed it, that stolen assets can be recovered, and that institutions can withstand political pressure. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:56:26 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shafquat Rabbee</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Anti-Corruption Commission, Money Laundering</media:keywords>
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<title>The Road Ahead for Abdul El&#45;Sayed</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Road-Ahead</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Road-Ahead</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Born to Egyptian Muslim parents, he wants to make a positive difference in the lives of everyday Americans. It’s a matter of pride that he boldly speaks of his Muslim faith, despite the horrendous backlash faced by this community, especially if someone dares to try rising to the ruling class. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:08:03 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tamim Choudhury</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers, President Trump</media:keywords>
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<title>The Hi, the Sigh, and the Async Dance</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Hi-the-Sigh</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Hi-the-Sigh</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Hi isn’t a message. It’s a doorbell. Say the thing, or call. I might even pick up. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:17:34 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Technology, Communication</media:keywords>
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<title>A Mother Runs First, So Her Daughter Can Start Further Ahead</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/a-mother-runs-first</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/a-mother-runs-first</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The mother is running for survival. Her hope, perhaps, is that one day her daughter will be able to run for choice. That distinction matters. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:02:38 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ramabai Ranbir, South Asian women, Mother, Daughter</media:keywords>
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<title>Understanding Paedophilia Among Bangladesh&amp;apos;s Hujur Class</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Understanding-Paedophilia-Among-Bangladeshs-Hujur-Class</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Understanding-Paedophilia-Among-Bangladeshs-Hujur-Class</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When a grown man rapes an 11-year-old and society&#039;s first instinct is to ask whether the girl was &quot;of age,&quot; the problem is no longer just one predator. It is a collective willingness to call a psychiatric disorder a matter of taste. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:00:13 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Md. Abrar Galib</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Paedophilia, Rape, Madrasa</media:keywords>
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<title>Can India Ever Become a Good Friend of Bangladesh?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Good-Friend-of-Bangladesh</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Good-Friend-of-Bangladesh</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh and India have repeatedly attempted to reset their relationship, but deep-rooted disagreements over sovereignty, regional power, strategic autonomy, water sharing, and economic reciprocity continue to undermine trust. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:30:34 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mohammed Nuruzzaman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bangladesh-India, Foreign Policy</media:keywords>
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<title>The Bangladesh Foreign Tourists Come to See</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Bangladesh-Foreign-Tourists-Come-to-See</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Bangladesh-Foreign-Tourists-Come-to-See</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ To promote Bangladesh&#039;s tourism industry, we need to look beyond what we would desire as local tourists and focus on what foreign tourists tell us they are interested in. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:23:21 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Riaz Osmani</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Tourism, Heritage</media:keywords>
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<title>Citizens Until 10PM</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Citizens-Until-10PM</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Citizens-Until-10PM</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Had Begum Rokeya been alive to see the name “Oborodhbasini”, the platform through which female students are challenging these restrictions, perhaps she would have recognized the continuity before she noticed the novelty. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:44:40 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Women rights, Constitution, Dhaka University</media:keywords>
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<title>A Very Partial Mid&#45;Year List of Horribles</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/partial-mid-year-list-of-horribles</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/partial-mid-year-list-of-horribles</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ History is filled with lessons of how not to escalate wars and perhaps even avoid them; we have now known for decades what we need to do to limit and perhaps even reverse anthropogenic climate change; and the supernova of AI can be regulated to fit and work for human dignity and agency ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:10:44 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Manzur Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>AI, Climate Change, 2026, Future</media:keywords>
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<title>Why the Taliban&amp;apos;s Iron Grip is Slowly Cracking</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Taliban-Iron-Grip</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Taliban-Iron-Grip</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A regime fighting a two-front war against Pakistan and internal insurgents, unable to feed its own base, splitting at the leadership level, and now facing a resistance movement finally capable of operating on its own home turf. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:08:29 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shafqat Aziz</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Taliban, Afghanistan</media:keywords>
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<title>Banks are Flush with Cash, but Businesses are Starved of Credit</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Banks-Are-Flush-with-Cash</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Banks-Are-Flush-with-Cash</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A bank can hold substantial cash yet still be financially weak if years of loan losses have eroded its capital. This distinction is especially important in Bangladesh. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:05:17 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mohammad A. Rab</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Banks, Banking Sector, Credit</media:keywords>
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<title>Beyond the Islamic NATO Hype</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Beyond-the-%E2%80%98Islamic-NATO%E2%80%99-Hype</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Beyond-the-%E2%80%98Islamic-NATO%E2%80%99-Hype</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ So the question becomes: If Bangladesh joins the Mecca Pact, which of its immediate security problems will be solved? My answer: Not very many. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:17:59 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Del H. Khan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mecca Pact, Bay of Bengal, NATO, Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, India</media:keywords>
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<title>Beyond the Gatekeepers of Bangladeshi Culture</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Beyond-the-Gatekeepers-of-Bangladeshi-Culture</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Beyond-the-Gatekeepers-of-Bangladeshi-Culture</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh’s identity was never meant to be dictated by an elite minority, nor silenced by fundamentalist threats. The real sound of the nation is already playing; it is time to secure the stage and let it resound. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:46:16 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Anusheh Anadil</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>cultural policing, Baul, Sufi, 1971 Liberation War</media:keywords>
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<title>Bangladesh Cannot Afford to Miss the AI Train.</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh-Cannot-Afford-to-Miss-the-AI-Train.</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh-Cannot-Afford-to-Miss-the-AI-Train.</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ History rarely tells countries in advance that the rules of economic advantage are being rewritten. This time, the warning is already visible. Bangladesh cannot recover the technological revolutions it entered late. But it can still decide whether it arrives late to this one. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:09:11 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ishfak Farhan Siyam</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ChatGPT, AI, technological revolution</media:keywords>
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<title>A Decade Later, the Rohingya Crisis Is Still Unresolved</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/A-Decade-Later%2C-the-Rohingya-Crisis-Is-Still-Unresolved</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/A-Decade-Later%2C-the-Rohingya-Crisis-Is-Still-Unresolved</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Rohingya do not need another anniversary of international concern. They need a credible pathway to a future. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:35:11 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>H.M. Nazmul Alam</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rohingya, economic, Myanmar</media:keywords>
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<title>When Genealogy Becomes Propaganda</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/When-Genealogy-Becomes-Propaganda</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/When-Genealogy-Becomes-Propaganda</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A Bengali Muslim could support the idea of Pakistan at one moment, fight for Bengali language rights at another, and later resist the Pakistani state itself. Political identity changes through historical experience. That change is not an inconvenience to history. It is history. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:58:55 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ishrat Manzil, Madhur Canteen, Shahbagh</media:keywords>
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<title>Post&#45;2024 Bangladesh and the Closing of the Gates</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/post-2024-bangladesh-and-the-closing-of-the-gates</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/post-2024-bangladesh-and-the-closing-of-the-gates</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An uprising can reclaim space without reclaiming sovereignty. It can capture a symbol without capturing the mechanism. It can change the occupants without changing the architecture of access. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:47:38 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sujaul Khan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>July Uprising, Jamaat-e-Islami, Saudi Arabia, Ganabhaban</media:keywords>
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<title>The Universal Truth, Unspoken Pain, and a Call to the New Dawn</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/a-call-to-the-new-dawn</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/a-call-to-the-new-dawn</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ​Life is not easy, and assuming it is will only lead to trouble. Yet, there is immense strength in embracing this reality with courage. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:58:58 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Anusheh Anadil</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Humanity, social identity, religious divisions</media:keywords>
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<title>The People are Reserving Their Judgment. For Now.</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-people-are-reserving-their-judgment-for-now</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-people-are-reserving-their-judgment-for-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The lesson from this survey is a simple one. The government should spend this window of reserved judgment governing, and communicating clearly to the public that it is doing so. The public has made its patience conditional on visible actions, reserving judgment on results. It will not last indefinitely, and it should not be mistaken for endorsement. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:11:25 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Opinion Poll, Doppler, IRI, Survey</media:keywords>
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<title>Turning Bangladesh’s Energy Crisis into a Blessing</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Turning-Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-Energy-Crisis-into-a-Blessing</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Turning-Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-Energy-Crisis-into-a-Blessing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At the same time, Bangladesh is producing a growing number of university graduates who are struggling to find productive employment. Rather than treating these two problems separately, Bangladesh should connect them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:11:00 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Md. Rokonuzzaman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Energy Crisis, Bangladesh</media:keywords>
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<title>Silent Homes, Bleeding Conscience, and the Test of Truth</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-test-of-truth</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-test-of-truth</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ganapati Chakraborty dedicated his life to guiding generations of students towards truth and justice. The blood of his family must not fade into just another transient headline. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:53:11 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fayazuddin Ahmad</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ganapati Chakraborty, CrPC</media:keywords>
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<title>When a War Thousands of Miles Away Reaches the Kitchen Table</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/war-thousands-of-miles-away</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/war-thousands-of-miles-away</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh cannot end the war in the Middle East. Nor can it prevent the next pandemic, commodity shock or geo-political disruption. What it can do is decide how exposed its citizens will be when the next shock arrives. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:20:29 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Middle East conflict, energy security, Bangladesh economy, jobs</media:keywords>
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<title>Cultural Bourgeoisie | Episode 05 | The Odyssey: How the Trojan Horse Reshaped Civilizations</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Cultural-Bourgeoisie--Episode-05</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Cultural-Bourgeoisie--Episode-05</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Episode 05 of Cultural Bourgeoisie, Jyoti Rahman and Ehteshamul Haque explore The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s approach to bringing the ancient epic to the screen, and the lasting cultural influence of the Trojan Horse. The discussion also travels through Nolan’s recent films and some of history’s greatest novels and stories. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:11:52 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
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<title>The Mecca Pact is an Opportunity for Strategic Autonomy</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Opportunity-for-Strategic-Autonomy</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Opportunity-for-Strategic-Autonomy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The strongest argument for Bangladesh joining the pact is not ideological or geo-political. It is strategic and an opportunity to strengthen its security, defense capabilities, economic partnerships, and diplomatic influence, while preserving its desired goal of strategic balance. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:38:57 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Osman Siddique</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mecca Pact, Bay of Bengal, NATO, Turkey, Pakistan</media:keywords>
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<title>&amp;apos;Sustainability? I want to make people&amp;apos;s lives sustainable.&amp;apos;</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Runa-Khan-When-self-awareness-meets-selflessness</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Runa-Khan-When-self-awareness-meets-selflessness</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “They may not be graduates yet. There&#039;s a long way to go for that, but in their hearts they are graduates,” she said, beaming with pride for each one of those students. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:48:08 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Michella Chowdhury</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Runa Khan, NGO, Sustainability, Friendship</media:keywords>
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<title>Two Mandates, One Democracy</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Two-Mandates-One-Democracy</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Two-Mandates-One-Democracy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A democracy cannot ask citizens to trust the ballot while treating one of their ballots as optional. The government received its mandate from the people. The July Charter received its mandate from the people as well. Both must be honored. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:37:38 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nakibur Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>July Charter, Doppler Poll, BNP, Referendum</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>The Ice Failed Upstream. The Debt is Downstream.</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Ice-Failed-Upstream-The-Debt-is-Downstream</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Ice-Failed-Upstream-The-Debt-is-Downstream</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal is owed something more substantial than sympathy and more useful than a loan charging interest on damage it did not cause. Monitoring of unstable ice and glacial lakes concerns the whole basin and should be funded on a standing basis, with hydrological data crossing borders as a matter of routine rather than negotiation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:24:57 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Farhana Sultana</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nepal, Nepal flood</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Who Owns July’s Azadi?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Who-Owns-July-Azadi</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Who-Owns-July-Azadi</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ July’s azadi was powerful because it was capacious. It united people who agreed on the regime they opposed but not necessarily on the republic they wished to build. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:11:00 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Khan Khalid Adnan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>GenZ protesters, July Uprising</media:keywords>
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<title>Four Murders, Two Narratives, and the Evidence in Between</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/four-murders-two-narratives-and-the-evidence-in-between</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/four-murders-two-narratives-and-the-evidence-in-between</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Somewhere between those two narratives, Ganapati, Pritilata, Agami and Ayush risk ceasing to be four human beings and becoming evidence for somebody else’s political story. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:56:17 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ganapati Chakraborty, Murder, Rangpur, minority</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Why Being a Woman Does Not Automatically Make Someone a Feminist</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Why-Being-a-Woman-Does-Not-Automatically-Make-Someone-a-Feminist</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Why-Being-a-Woman-Does-Not-Automatically-Make-Someone-a-Feminist</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Patriarchy does not survive only because men consciously decide to oppress women. It survives because its norms can become embedded in families, institutions, communities and individual beliefs, including the beliefs of women themselves. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:47:00 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jannatul Naym Pieal</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Patriarchy, Feminism</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Why We Must Finally Stand Alone</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/why-we-must-finally-stand-alone</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/why-we-must-finally-stand-alone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Our loyalty belongs strictly to Bangladesh, to our rivers, to our workers, to our ecology, to our farmers, to our reforestation, and to our children. It is time to discard every foreign proxy and forge a new political vocabulary ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:56:33 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Anusheh Anadil</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Political sovereignty, Bangladesh</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Solving the Wrong Problem</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Solving-the-Wrong-Problem</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Solving-the-Wrong-Problem</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The state has a responsibility to protect victims and punish offenders. It has an equally important responsibility to protect people from arbitrary or prolonged detention. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:20:12 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Counterpoint Editorial</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Convicts, Bail, Pre-trial</media:keywords>
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<title>A Ledger of the Soul: Navigating the Allah&#45;Bhagavant Nexus in a 19th&#45;Century Puruṣākāra Jñāna Caupara [Gyan Chauper]</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/A-Ledger-of-the-Soul</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/A-Ledger-of-the-Soul</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Taken together, the visual, linguistic, and material evidence suggests that this folio preserves a rare intellectual milieu in which Persianate and Indic traditions were not experienced as competing systems, but as complementary vocabularies for describing the soul’s ethical journey. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:15:08 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shahab Sattar</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Persian, Gaṅgā-Jamunī Tehzeeb</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>What Do Young People Really Want?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/What-Do-Young-People-Really-Want</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/What-Do-Young-People-Really-Want</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Youth policy cannot simply mean another training activity, another freelancing scheme, a few youth forum talks, or loan access workshops that fail to simplify capital for young entrepreneurs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:37:42 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tasmiah T. Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>July student movement, Youth policy, NEET</media:keywords>
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<title>Not If, But When Next?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/not-if-but-when-next</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/not-if-but-when-next</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ No one could have predicted this disaster would happen when it did, but we all knew it would happen one day. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:49:46 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sonia Awale</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nepal, Flood</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>We Are All Downstream Now</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/we-are-all-downstream-now</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/we-are-all-downstream-now</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The water cycle is the planet&#039;s great equalizer. We have forgotten this. The flood is a brutal reminder. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:44:59 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zakir Kibria</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nepal, Flood</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>The Mecca Pact Dilemma</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-mecca-pact-dilemma</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-mecca-pact-dilemma</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The ultimate test should be simple: Does membership enhance Bangladesh&#039;s security, economic interests and diplomatic leverage while preserving its freedom to make independent decisions? If the answer is yes, the pact deserves serious consideration. If it threatens strategic autonomy, caution should prevail. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:30:34 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mustafa Kamal Rusho</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The Mecca Pact, Foreign policy</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Red Dust on a Clean Screen</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Red-Dust-on-a-Clean-Screen</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Red-Dust-on-a-Clean-Screen</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ To remain silent under the pretext of “not being close enough” is not humility. It is an abdication of awareness. The burden of witnessing belongs to anyone willing to look. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:15:35 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zeenat Khan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>diaspora, philosophical</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Why the President is Right Wing Enemy Number One</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Guardian-President-and-His-Feckless-Detractors</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Guardian-President-and-His-Feckless-Detractors</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Not only did Mr. Alamgir represent a big obstacle for the right-wing network in their pursuit of power and rent but he was also a prominent face of the liberal democratic elite. He is also an obstacle in the spreading of right-wing influences within the BNP. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:05:45 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shafiqur Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dr Yunus, General Waker-uz-zaman, Interim, BNP, Mirza Fakhrul</media:keywords>
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<title>The Chemistry of Cinema</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-chemistry-of-cinema</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-chemistry-of-cinema</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If filmmaking were simply the execution of something that already existed perfectly inside the director’s head, then perhaps the people around the director could be interchangeable. But I do not believe they are. The collective resonance of the actor and crew establishes a soul to the cinema. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:18:49 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rubaiyat Hossain</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Filmmaking, Cinematography</media:keywords>
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<title>Central Nepal Flood, the Day After</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Central-Nepal-Flood%2C-the-Day-After</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Central-Nepal-Flood%2C-the-Day-After</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Satellite images show the glacial collapse on the North Face of Langtang was in Nepal itself ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:05:45 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kunda Dixit</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nepal flood, Kathmundu</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>The Monster Was a Woman</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Monster-Was-a-Woman</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Monster-Was-a-Woman</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Gothic leaves us with that uncomfortable space between sympathy and fear. Its women linger there, neither innocent nor monstrous, but painfully human. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:13:40 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Azeema Anhar Humaira</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Poe, Gothic, Medea, Miss Havisham, Dickens</media:keywords>
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<item>
<title>Carcosa is Calling</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Carcosa-is-Calling</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Carcosa-is-Calling</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Bierce&#039;s world, Hastur watches over the shepherds. In Chambers&#039; world, the same name is bound to the Yellow Sign, a mark that spreads corruption to anyone who looks at it for too long. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:43:25 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zafir Tahsin</dc:creator>
<media:keywords></media:keywords>
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