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<title>From the Politics of Power to the Politics of National Service</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/bangladesh-at-a-crossroads-from-the-politics-of-power-to-the-politics-of-national-service</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/bangladesh-at-a-crossroads-from-the-politics-of-power-to-the-politics-of-national-service</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What Bangladesh needs now is nothing less than a new social contract between the state and its citizens. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:56:53 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>A Gafur</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Politics, Reform, Bangladesh</media:keywords>
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<title>R&#45;E&#45;S&#45;P&#45;E&#45;C&#45;T</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/r-e-s-p-e-c-t</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/r-e-s-p-e-c-t</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When you stand up for your citizens you earn respect. It doesn’t close doors, it opens them. If we don’t have respect for ourselves and our own people, how can we expect the rest of the world to? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:54:02 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Counterpoint Editorial</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nazrul Islam, Sweety Akhter, Bangladeshi Migrants, Saudi Arabia</media:keywords>
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<title>Relief Cannot Hide Structural Problems</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Relief-Cannot-Hide-Structural-Problems</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Relief-Cannot-Hide-Structural-Problems</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Natural disaster and relief distribution have become almost inseparable in Bangladesh. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:34:18 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>AL Sharia</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>flood, Natural disaster</media:keywords>
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<title>Bangladesh’s Democracy Needs Institutions That Outlast Its Governments</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-Democracy-Needs-Institutions-That-Outlast-Its-Governments</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-Democracy-Needs-Institutions-That-Outlast-Its-Governments</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The willingness to impose consequences within the ruling party is a welcome signal. Its lasting significance will depend on whether accountability becomes sufficiently routine that citizens no longer have to wait for intervention from the top. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:58:43 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>SM Shaikat</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>MP Ferdousi Ahmed Misty, Ishraque Hossain</media:keywords>
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<title>How Long Shall They Kill Our Workers While We Stand Aside and Look?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/how-long-shall-they-kill</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/how-long-shall-they-kill</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Somewhere tonight, another Bangladeshi man is finishing a shift he did not choose in a country that does not care to learn his name. What he has left goes to a mother who needs medicine, a sister who needs a wedding, a child who needs school fees. Somewhere tonight, a woman is working in a locked house, her phone in her employer’s hands, counting the days until her contract ends. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:06:01 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Md. Abrar Galib</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Saudi Arabia, Capital Punishment</media:keywords>
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<title>When Sexuality Becomes a Visa Strategy</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/When-Sexuality-Becomes-a-Visa-Strategy</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/When-Sexuality-Becomes-a-Visa-Strategy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The broker may sell one person a route through the border. What is quietly sold away is a genuine refugee’s credibility and a legitimate student’s opportunity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:49:44 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Immigration, Citizenship, Bangladesh</media:keywords>
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<title>The Last Phone Call from Makkah</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Last-Phone-Call-from-Makkah-1486</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Last-Phone-Call-from-Makkah-1486</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nazrul Islam was 22. Sweety Akhtar was a young woman who just wanted to survive. They were alive on September 30. And the system, from Riyadh to Dhaka to Washington, chose to let them die. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:21:42 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zakir Kibria</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sweety, Nazrul Islam, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh</media:keywords>
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<title>The US&#45;Zionist War of Aggression in West Asia: What&amp;apos;s Next?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-US-Zionist-War-of-Aggression-in-West-Asia%3A-Whats-Next</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-US-Zionist-War-of-Aggression-in-West-Asia%3A-Whats-Next</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The US is out of options with bombs and blockades. A blockade is partial. The bombs have been shown not to work. We see diminishing rate of sorties all the time, now a tiny fraction of the sortie rate that the US is usually accustomed to. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:53:21 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sohel Nadeem Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The Strait of Hormuz, USA, Israel, Iran, Eyal Zamir</media:keywords>
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<title>What Does Gen Z Need to Do to Get a Seat at the Table?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/what-does-gen-z-need-to-do-to-get-a-seat-at-the-table</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/what-does-gen-z-need-to-do-to-get-a-seat-at-the-table</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A historic election was held 18 months after the government&#039;s resignation with an electorate of approximately 44% under 35. Yet fewer than 10% of candidates were under the age of 35, and just twelve were elected to parliament.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:45:12 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Abdulla Al Rahat</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Youth, Youth Politics, Gen Z</media:keywords>
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<title>Sovereign Gold: What Bangladesh Can Actually Own</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/sovereign-gold</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/sovereign-gold</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The country doesn’t need to own its AI stack; the economics rule that out. It needs people who can keep it running on its own terms. Sovereignty is not what you own. It is what still works when someone else changes their mind. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:14:28 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zunaid Kazi &amp; Sadman Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bangladesh, technology, AI, New generation</media:keywords>
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<title>One Card, One Wallet &#45;&#45; and One Window Into Your Life?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/One-Window-Into-Your-Life</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/One-Window-Into-Your-Life</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh’s new digital ID can make government easier to reach. It must not make citizens easier to watch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:06:25 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Owen Lippert</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>National ID, Security</media:keywords>
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<title>A State of Economic Emergency</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/A-State-of-Economic-Emergency</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/A-State-of-Economic-Emergency</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The government should call the situation what it is: An economic emergency. That calls for urgency, transparency about the losses in the banking system, and a public discourse around austerity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:41:51 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Inflation, Banks, Bangladesh Bank, IMF, World Bank</media:keywords>
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<title>What Bangladesh Must Do About the Travesty of Justice in Saudi</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/What-Bangladesh-Must-Do</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/What-Bangladesh-Must-Do</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Abuse of Bangladeshi workers across the Middle East is widely reported, yet we have rarely seen real backbone from the ministry or our Gulf missions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:14:27 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rayhan Rashid</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nazrul Islam Abdul Basir, Siti Akhtar, Saudi Arabia, Capital Punishment</media:keywords>
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<title>The Customs of Civilized People</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Customs-of-Civilized-People</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Customs-of-Civilized-People</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Bangladesh, there is probably no major road where you cannot buy and eat beef from some shop or the other. You can eat it every day for your entire life if you have the money. No one is stopping you. There is no fear. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:01:54 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Faham Abdus Salam</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Puja, Beef, Jagannath University</media:keywords>
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<title>Bangladesh Must Balance Economic Vigilance with Policy Prudence</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/-Bangladesh-Must-Balance</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/-Bangladesh-Must-Balance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh’s reserves have already come under pressure from import costs and exchange-rate changes; indiscriminate assistance could speed up reserve losses and fuel inflation. Trade, revenue and port agencies should speed up customs procedures and eliminate unnecessary logistics expenses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:43:46 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Asif Ibrahim</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Middle East, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Remittance</media:keywords>
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<title>When a State Executes, Who Protects Its Citizens?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/When-a-State-Executes%2C-Who-Protects-Its-Citizens</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/When-a-State-Executes%2C-Who-Protects-Its-Citizens</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Two Bangladeshis executed in Saudi Arabia raise questions about capital punishment, consular rights, and the unequal politics of citizenship. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:01:51 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Saudi Arabia, Capital Punishment</media:keywords>
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<title>Auto&#45;Rickshaw Crackdowns in Dhaka are Pointless</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/auto-rickshaw-crackdowns-in-dhaka-are-pointless</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/auto-rickshaw-crackdowns-in-dhaka-are-pointless</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Citizens are told that auto-rickshaws cannot be banned because millions depend on them for a living. That argument is sound for the drivers, who are among the poorest workers in the city. It is not an argument for shielding the people who profit from an unregulated supply chain. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:39:57 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shafqat Aziz</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Auto-rickshaws</media:keywords>
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<title>A Philosopher Wrote about Bangladesh in 1971. Now He is Back with a New Idea.</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/A-Philosopher-Wrote</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/A-Philosopher-Wrote</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Singer first wrote about Bangladesh as a crisis. The idea he brings back has been working here for nearly 50 years. The question is whether more of our businesses will try it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:15:37 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Faruq Hasan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Peter Singer, CSR, Effective Altruism</media:keywords>
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<title>Bangladesh’s Journey through Digital Euphoria and Digital Dysphoria</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Digital-Euphoria-and-Digital-Dysphoria</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Digital-Euphoria-and-Digital-Dysphoria</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh must cultivate a digital culture rooted in empathy. Digital spaces should encourage respectful dialogue, creativity, and community-building. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:01:33 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Syed Almas Kabir</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Digital Bangladesh, Social Media, Technology</media:keywords>
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<title>The Governance Conundrum</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Governance-Conundrum</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Governance-Conundrum</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If Pakistan, which today has a per capita GDP one-third less than Bangladesh, can deliver competent and effective government services, there is no reason we cannot too. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:36:54 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Counterpoint Editorial</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>GDP, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1971</media:keywords>
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<title>When a Wife Becomes the Business Plan</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Wife-Business-Plan</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Wife-Business-Plan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A marriage certificate does not make a wife a compulsory lender. A husband’s need can explain why he asks for help; it cannot supply her consent. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 11:45:51 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Henrik Ibsen, dowry</media:keywords>
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<title>The Path to Prosperity. It&amp;apos;s Not What You Think.</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-path-to-prosperity-its-not-what-you-think</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-path-to-prosperity-its-not-what-you-think</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Migrant worker families are paid in taka while banks hold the dollars, and weak or captured institutions let dollars slip out through trade misinvoicing and hundi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 11:45:31 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Javed Hosein</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Migrant Workers, Upskilling</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Britain Blames the Migrants it Sent For (Part Two)</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Migrants-Part-Two</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Migrants-Part-Two</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Migration is not a machine for enriching Britain and it is not draining it either. The sums are small, and what decides them is what people are paid. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:35:38 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jamil Iqbal</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>King&#039;s College London, Bengali, Pakistani, Commonwealth Immigrants Act, India, Cambridge</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Britain Blames the Migrants it Sent For (Part One)</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Why-Britain-Blames-the-Migrants</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Why-Britain-Blames-the-Migrants</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ordinary people in Britain have plenty to be angry about. Those grievances are real, and I hear them often. The question is who caused them, and whether the evidence supports the claim that migrants are draining the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:09:33 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jamil Iqbal</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>King&#039;s College London, Bengali, Pakistani, Commonwealth Immigrants Act, India</media:keywords>
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<title>Restoring Dignity to Dhaka Streets</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Restoring-Dignity-to-Dhaka-Streets</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Restoring-Dignity-to-Dhaka-Streets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Against the grim backdrop of urban neglect, the need for radical transformation in municipal planning becomes clear, demanding an empathetic framework where human welfare takes precedence over chaotic growth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:07:38 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fayazuddin Ahmad</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Dhaka, Mirpur, Motijheel, DSCC</media:keywords>
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<title>Can the Subaltern Speak in Bangladesh’s Public Discourse?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Can-the-Subaltern-Speak</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Can-the-Subaltern-Speak</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ True inclusivity means bridging the gaps that keep the dispossessed silent. Only then can a purportedly democratic society begin to hear those at its margins, as active political subjects, not just data points. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:34:41 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tasin Mahdi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Subaltern, Ranajit Guha, tokenism</media:keywords>
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<title>Cultural Bourgeoisie | Episode 07 | Lawrence of Arabia</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/cultural-bourgeoisie-ep-07-lawrence-of-arabia</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/cultural-bourgeoisie-ep-07-lawrence-of-arabia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Episode 07 of Cultural Bourgeoisie, hosts Jyoti Rahman and Ehteshamul Haque unpack the epic legacy of T.E. Lawrence and David Lean’s cinematic masterpiece, Lawrence of Arabia. The discussion delves into the intersection of historical reality, imperial politics, and cinematic storytelling examining the tactical brilliance, human complexity, and enduring cultural impact of the Arab Revolt on screen. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:01:21 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>&lt;meta name=&quot;keywords&quot; content=&quot;Cultural Bourgeoisie, Lawrence of Arabia, Jyoti Rahman, Ehteshamul Haque, Counterpoint, T.E. Lawrence, David Lean, Arab Revolt, film analysis, cinema history, military strategy in film, imperial politics, epic cinema&quot;&gt;</media:keywords>
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<title>Do We Recognize Patriarchy Only When it Carries a Whip?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/do-we-recognize-patriarchy-only-when-it-carries-a-whip</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/do-we-recognize-patriarchy-only-when-it-carries-a-whip</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sometimes there is a locked gate. Sometimes there is family honour, the marriage market, or the comforting language of protection. And sometimes it may appear at an immigration counter as an apparently ordinary question: Are you married? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:44:15 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Women, State, Law</media:keywords>
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<title>The Signature That Costs More Than It Says</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Signature-That-Costs-More-Than-It-Says</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Signature-That-Costs-More-Than-It-Says</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A nation that had waited 50 years for its first nuclear power plant was, at last, watching it breathe. Five months later, in a New York conference room, a very different signature was being applied.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:26:12 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zakir Kibria</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rooppur, Nuclear Power</media:keywords>
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<title>The Houthis, the Red Sea, and the Cost to Bangladesh</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Cost-to-Bangladesh</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Cost-to-Bangladesh</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh&#039;s economic prospects depend partially on how successfully it can navigate an international trade environment that has become increasingly defined by geopolitical rivalries. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:20:18 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Md Shihab Uddin</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Middle East, Red Sea, Energy, Bangladesh</media:keywords>
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<title>Bangladesh Must Not Be Drawn Into the Yemen War</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh-Must-Not-Be-Drawn</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh-Must-Not-Be-Drawn</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Participation in an emerging regional security architecture should strengthen Bangladesh’s strategic autonomy, not turn its armed forces into an instrument of another country’s foreign policy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:53:49 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Atif Ahmed Choudhury</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Mecca Pact</media:keywords>
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<title>Sellafield, Chernobyl, Fukushima ... Rooppur?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Sellafield-Chernobyl-Fukushima-Rooppur</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Sellafield-Chernobyl-Fukushima-Rooppur</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh has switched on its first nuclear reactor, on a monsoon floodplain, with no plan for when things go wrong. And in Bangladesh, Murphy’s Law seems to rule supreme. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:12:07 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jens Stanislawski</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rooppur, Nuclear Power</media:keywords>
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<title>What Neha Bora’s Rise Tells Us About Student Politics in India</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/What-Neha-Bora%E2%80%99s-Rise-Tells-Us-About-Student-Politics-in-India</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/What-Neha-Bora%E2%80%99s-Rise-Tells-Us-About-Student-Politics-in-India</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bora&#039;s story reminds us that student politics is not necessarily a rehearsal for mainstream politics. It can be a laboratory for a different kind of politics, one in which the boundary between campus issues and national questions is increasingly blurred. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:00:40 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>H.M. Nazmul Alam</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Neha Bora, CJP, India, Jantar Mantar</media:keywords>
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<title>Who Does Rabindranath Belong To?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/who-does-rabindranath-belong-to</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/who-does-rabindranath-belong-to</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The development of Bengali nationalism around Rabindranath cannot be understood merely as a Hindu-Muslim cultural conflict. It was intertwined with language, power, and the right to determine one’s own identity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:42:43 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Selim Raihan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali Muslims, Pakistan, India</media:keywords>
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<title>The Verdict Before the Verdict</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Verdict-before-the-Verdict</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Verdict-before-the-Verdict</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The interim government recognized that the 1973 ICT Act needed reform, but the changes made fell well short of what fair trials require. This is Part One of a series on the International Crimes Tribunal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:08:10 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>David Bergman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Awami League, Jamaat, International Crimes Tribunal, Interim Government</media:keywords>
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<title>Is Hyperpolitics the Future of Bangladesh?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/is-hyperpolitics-the-future-of-bangladesh</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/is-hyperpolitics-the-future-of-bangladesh</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh is now a clear battleground in the clash between traditional politics and hyperpolitics, because the party in power is wedded to the old school politics and its opponents rely on the new politics more and more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:37:14 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Shafiqur Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Hyperpolitics, BNP, Awami League, NCP, Jamaat, Hasina</media:keywords>
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<title>As Long as Elections Remain Winner Takes All, Nothing Will Change</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Nothing-Will-Change</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Nothing-Will-Change</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Prof Riaz is right that elections alone cannot sustain democracy. The further point is that institutions cannot remain independent if parties refuse to accept limits on their own power. Bangladesh will break its political cycle when we agree that winning power does not confer ownership of the state. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:46:15 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mohammad A. Rab</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ali Riaz, Political Parties, Elections</media:keywords>
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<title>Our Misplaced Priorities in South Asia</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Misplaced-priorities-in-South-Asia</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Misplaced-priorities-in-South-Asia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Treating such risks as specialist environmental concerns leaves the main political conversation disconnected from the foundations of national stability. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:19:50 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Md. Sajid Hasan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>UNDP&#039;s Pakistan, World Bank</media:keywords>
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<title>Bangladesh’s Leaders Need to Stop Making the Same Mistake</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-Leaders-Need-to-Stop</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-Leaders-Need-to-Stop</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tarique Rahman has the goodwill, the mandate, and the time to do this differently. The most durable thing he can build in his first term is a caretaker system both the government and the opposition can claim to have shaped, and thus will be owned by both. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:07:37 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ehteshamul Haque</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>BNP, Tarique Rahman</media:keywords>
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<title>The Father of Three Faiths Was a Syrian Refugee</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Father-of-Three-Faiths</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Father-of-Three-Faiths</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Before he was the father of nations, Abraham was a refugee. Every faith that honors him should remember where he came from, and every heir who claims him should remember how many others call him father too. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 17:53:03 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kawsar Chowdhury</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Abraham, Syria, Hamas, Palestine</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Does Bangladesh’s Knowledge Not Reach Its Businesses?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/why-does-bangladeshs-knowledge-not-reach-its-businesses</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/why-does-bangladeshs-knowledge-not-reach-its-businesses</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh’s weakest areas are human capital and research (127th), business sophistication (125th) and institutions (113th). The second deserves the most attention, because it shows exactly where the system breaks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:47:50 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Arifuzzaman Khan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>UN General Assembly, Global Innovation Index, World Bank, India</media:keywords>
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<title>Navi Pillay and the Politics of Peace</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Navi-Pillay-and-the-Politics-of-Peace</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Navi-Pillay-and-the-Politics-of-Peace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Do we seek accountability when the evidence implicates someone we admire? Do we oppose genocide consistently, or only when its perpetrators belong to the other side? The answers matter more than the ease with which we endorse justice in principle. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:05:19 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Navi Pillay, Nobel Peace Prize, Gaza</media:keywords>
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<title>We Need to Whip Inflation Now. Here&amp;apos;s How.</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/we-need-to-whip-inflation-now-heres-how</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/we-need-to-whip-inflation-now-heres-how</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As economic conditions evolve, is the central bank prepared to allow the taka to depreciate, or indeed appreciate should it come to that, over time? The MPS should ideally spell these out in an analytical manner. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:00:37 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jyoti Rahman</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Monetary Policy, Inflation, Bangladesh</media:keywords>
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<title>Rubaiyat Hossain on Women, Cinema and The Difficult Bride</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Rubaiyat-Hossain-on-Women%2C-Cinema-and-The-Difficult-Bride</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Rubaiyat-Hossain-on-Women%2C-Cinema-and-The-Difficult-Bride</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Women are not a homogeneous group. A woman’s socioeconomic circumstances, political background, sexuality, and many other aspects of her identity shape the particular set of struggles she encounters. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:23:38 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Azeema Anhar Humaira</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rubaiyat Hossain, The Difficult Bride, Meherjaan</media:keywords>
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<title>The Legend of Khwaja Usman Khan Lohani</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Legend-of-Khwaja-Usman</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/The-Legend-of-Khwaja-Usman</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In South Asia, his legacy is known as one of the final Pathan chiefs who defied an empire and lived on his own terms until the very end. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:41:53 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tamim Choudhury</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Mughal Empire, Pathan, Brahmaputra, Khwaja Usman Khan Lohani</media:keywords>
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<title>Who Should We Believe: Abdur Razzaq or Mia Golam Porwar?</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/who-should-we-believe</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/who-should-we-believe</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Acknowledging historical wrongdoing does not mean that present members inherit the criminal guilt of their predecessors. It means something more politically mature: Refusing to make the past innocent simply because the present finds it inconvenient. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:17:39 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lubna Ferdowsi</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Jamaat, Liberation War, 1971</media:keywords>
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<title>How Farmers Lost Their Freedom</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/how-farmers-lost-their-freedom</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/how-farmers-lost-their-freedom</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ To save agriculture, we must bring back the farmer&#039;s lost traditional wisdom. Establishing community-based seed banks at the village level to preserve indigenous seed varieties is the ultimate demand of the hour. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:27:11 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>AL Sharia</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Farming, Farmers</media:keywords>
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<title>Bangladesh’s UN Moment</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-UN-Moment</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Bangladesh%E2%80%99s-UN-Moment</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What Tarique Rahman’s UNGA address says about Bangladesh’s emerging role in the Global South ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:02:41 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mohammad Zahidul Islam Khan</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>United Nations, Tarique Rahman, Rohingya</media:keywords>
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<title>The Akhtaruzzaman Airport Show</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/the-akhtaruzzaman-airport-show</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/the-akhtaruzzaman-airport-show</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A serious opposition does not merely show that something is broken. It identifies who is responsible, produces evidence, demands a remedy, and keeps the issue alive after the cameras leave. That is harder than shouting. It is also politics. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:40:42 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Md. Abrar Galib</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Sifat Abdullah, BNP, Hasina, Tarique Rahman, Akhtaruzzaman, Jamaat</media:keywords>
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<title>Building a Fairer Tax System</title>
<link>https://counterpointbd.com/Building-a-Fairer-Tax-System</link>
<guid>https://counterpointbd.com/Building-a-Fairer-Tax-System</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh has inherited a tax system that leans hardest on those least able to bear it. That was decades in the making, and it will not be undone in a single budget. But change it must. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:28:53 +0600</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pial Islam</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>NBR, VAT, Tax</media:keywords>
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