Shamim A. Zahedy, Dhaka “The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done / From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won” What was the secret of captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s charisma that pulled people of all ages and all classes in a nation of some 160 million people […]
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Voters should be allowed to cast their votes at least six days ahead of the cut-off day as in the US, eliminating possibilities of intimidating them in the polling centres Shamim A. Zahedy With the election to two city corporations in Dhaka to be held tomorrow (February 1, 2020), Bangladesh’s debate over electronic voting machines
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The aim of any justice system is to make sure that no innocent person gets punished for crimes he or she did not commit SHAMIM A. ZAHEDY Indeed, it is a sad day for Bangladesh when some lawmakers, who are pledge-bound to uphold justice for people, advocate on the very floor of parliament extrajudicial means
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In democracy, political parties change decisions and stances but these are based on prior arguments and discussions within their caucuses, representing the views of the majority Shamim A. Zahedy In an unanticipated and unforeseen twist on April 29, 2019, the BNP, which is otherwise known for its ‘rigid and unbending’ political stances in recent decades,
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Shamima Begum is a problem of the UK, and she is a problem for the rest of the world too. It is everyone’s responsibility to tackle this problem Shamim A. Zahedy ‘Oh master, /I have been unfed for seven days.’/… The priest asks, ‘Oh chap, do you offer your prayers’? /The hungry traveller says, ‘No!’
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The blanket and wholesale temporary ban on them indiscriminately is like cutting off the head in order to cure headache Shamim A. Zahedy During the on-going Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations, more than 30 private coaching centres located predominantly in Dhaka were sealed off and some 30 people were sentenced or fined in the ten
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It is the duty of the judicial system of the country to punish offenders. The state cannot avoid the responsibility of such killings. Any failure to identify the culprits will lead to erosion in the rule of law Shamim A. Zahedy In the early hours of February 1, 2019, the body of a young man
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The BNP can score more points by joining the informal meeting than what it has achieved in organizing the human chain programmes Shamim A. Zahedy While ‘politics is an art of compromise’, any tête-à-tête leads to bridging gaps between bickering parties, and rejecting any scope or opportunity of meeting opponents even over a cup of
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Serious attentions or bailout measures in the form of policy supports are now imperative to help keep Bangladesh’s newspaper industry afloat Shamim A. Zahedy With The Independent, one of the oldest English language newspapers that have been in continuous operation, stepping into the 24th year of its publication today, Bangladesh’s newspaper industry has arrived at
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