1971 is perhaps the only year in the history of Bangladesh when the nation was able to demonstrate the strength of its unity. Our great leader Bangobandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman walked on the same fiery path taken by Gandhiji, Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro by living up to his dream of freedom. He refused...
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E-bangladesh.org carries the distinction of upholding the liberty and integrity of a virtual Bangladesh in the face threats from shadow dancers who continue to swirl around our fate with never ending ferocity. Truth and the freedom to unleash truth without consequences is the only way to break the viciousness of this cycle. From the...
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South Asian Union is perhaps a utopian concept for skeptics in Dhaka, Delhi and Islamabad; but a concept prophetically embraced by those in the European Union and ASEAN. Our journey of division and sub-division started as soon as Jinnah and Nehru allowed Radcliff to sharpen his magic pencil. The Raj rightly identified the deepest...
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It was 1996. I was on a visit of a small village near Gaibandha to gather research data for the Public Administration Training Centre. The local UP chairman clearly appeared suspicious; disappearing during the day and only joining me around midnight. It was towards the end of my stay that he finally satisfied my...
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“I was born in Surrey and I left England when I was four years old. I spent my childhood in various parts of the world, including Brunei, Singapore, India and Bangladesh. I moved back to England nine years ago and settled in North London. I studied English Literature for both my Bachelor’s degree and...
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Journalism is a profession which symbolizes freedom, and yet that struggle for freedom is still not over in Bangladesh. The BNP government shut down Ekushe Television and forced Simon Dring to leave Dhaka. The 1/11 administration switched off CSB. And now the Awami League has made Channel One its first victim. There may have...
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Our present education system has been relegated to the status of merely a degree-awarding mechanism that is inherently immune to the quality of students it produces. It wasn’t always like this. There was a time when education was inspirational and full of romanticism for life. To name a few, teachers like Sardar Fazlul Karim,...
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The 1971 war criminals’ trial is finally on the move to provide closure to victims’ families. Those from Bangladesh who sold their soul to the rulers of Pakistan and collaborated with the Yahiya regime are set to be tried for crimes against humanity. They are not only accused of loots, kills and rapes but...
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As a student of English Literature I found the avenue to journalism wide open. It was easy to anticipate this kind of hurried literature. I started my civil service career as a public broadcast executive. The National Broadcasting House in Dhaka stood like Satyajit Ray’s Jalsaghar, under the shadows of colonial hangover and with...
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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman introduced one-party system in 1975 knowing well that poverty and illiteracy would hinder the development of democracy in Bangladesh. As the Father of the Nation he was above politics and political divisions. That’s why he prioritized nation-building and economic sovereignty of a country that in 1971 only had geographical independence...
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