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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.
No one could have predicted this disaster would happen when it did, but we all knew it would happen one day.
The water cycle is the planet's great equalizer. We have forgotten this. The flood is a brutal reminder.
The government deserves credit for recognizing that women’s mobility is inseparable from women’s participation in work, education, and public life. But the measure will succeed only if it is accompanied by a broader change in how we think about public space.
He understood that the success of North South University would serve as a practical demonstration that the newly enacted legislation would help develop Bangladesh. After all, he had been instrumental in helping create the legal framework that made the institution possible.
The presumption of innocence, one of the oldest principles of modern jurisprudence, loses all practical meaning if an acquittal arrives only after years spent inside a prison cell.
The first anniversary of a revolution can be about celebrating what was achieved. The second year should be about measuring what has changed.
The lesson from Bangladesh, Nepal, and now India is not that students have become unusually rebellious. It is that the region's political class has become unusually incapable of seeing them.
While we may briefly celebrate that the onslaught of criticism finally led to an apology and considerations for exam retakes, the government's quick patch-ups, for now, are, simply put, temporary band-aids.
By the time you read this, Morocco may already have had their rematch, and Norway may have taken England's measure. But something has shifted this June and July that no scoreline can shift back. The giants now walk onto the pitch uncertain.
Those of us who want to eradicate poverty from our societies should redouble our support for these organizations as they work to change the conditions under which the poor live and suffer. This would allow the poor to unshackle the chains of poverty and build fuller lives for themselves and their progeny.
I remember waking up before dawn to help my mother bathe. I remember feeding her before leaving for my exams. I remember studying beside hospital beds while chemotherapy slowly hollowed out the strongest person I knew. Even then, she continued worrying more about my future than her own survival.
The tragedy for both Bangladesh and India is that the more anti-Bangladesh sentiment gets entrenched in India, the more its mirror image will get entrenched in Bangladesh, and the implications for both countries range from the unfortunate to the unthinkable.
What truly set him apart, however, was not only his professional accomplishment but also his humanity. He possessed a rare ability to listen with patience, engage with sincerity, and offer insights that were both intellectually sound and practically grounded.
To those who knew him, Dr. Cookson was more than an expert -- he was a trusted voice, a mentor, and a steadfast ally. His passing is a profound loss, not only to those who had the privilege of knowing him personally, but also to Bangladesh, a country he served with dedication and genuine affection.
