In the modern day, Bangladeshis definitely do not expect to get 8 maunds of rice in exchange for one taka, but they too do not deserve now to buy one kilogram of coarse rice for 50 taka SHAMIM A. ZAHEDY Shaista Khan, who as a viceroy of the Mughal governed medieval Bengal in two stints […]
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The faces of plight-stricken children, many of them are orphans by now, the blank looks of old people just uprooted from their habitats and the trauma of women separated from their family members for long are caught in the ugly game of geo-politics SHAMIM A. ZAHEDY Although UN Security Council has called for ‘prompt steps’
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The veteran finance minister’s mammoth master plan for the next fiscal is really low on much needed job creation to spur growth and fight poverty SHAMIM A. ZAHEDY There were some missing links between the ambition and the reality as Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, the 83 years old finance minister of Bangladesh, delivered his 11th
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Other than no confidence motion in parliament, the lawmakers should be allowed to speak their mind. Putting an end to the ‘horse trading’ in the parliament in no confidence motion is welcome but restraining the MPs from taking part in debates free from party line is not SHAMIM A. ZAHEDY Any recipe for food on
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The Section 57 has put Bangladesh’s news media on a dicey situation, forcing them to walk a tightrope between publishing independent reports and views, and facing the specter of Section 57 hanging over their heads Shamim A. Zahedy Before meting out punishment for an offence, it is a fundamental principle of jurisprudence to define first
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The ride-sharing firm, whose 2015 revenue was 1.5 billion US dollars, did not bother to seek permission from authorities Shamim A. Zahedy Dhakaites’ hope for the world’s largest on-demand mobile apps-based Uber taxi services was punctured soon after it was launched by the San Francisco-based tech company that has literally revolutionised taxi experience throughout the
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Readers or viewers or listeners, the key stakeholders for media, tend to put faith in the authenticity of the news, which differentiates the media Shamim A. Zahedy Sohagi Jahan Tanu, the 19-year-old history student, was found dead in the vicinity of Comilla Cantonment on the night of 20th March 2016 by her father Yar Hossain,
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SHAMIM A. ZAHEDY With the BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returning to her home on April 6 after a 92-day stay in her political office at Gulshan, there has been a lull in perhaps the most violent and pathetic political ‘battlefield’ that Bangladesh has ever witnessed after its birth 44 years ago. The BNP chief started
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SHAMIM A. ZAHEDY The image of cricket, considered the gentleman’s game, was dirtied when the world governing body of the game, International Cricket Council (ICC) , literally kept its president at bay while holding the 2015 world cup final presentation ceremony at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, violating its constitution and all norms. Giving
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