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Shah Husain Imam

PLEASURE IS ALL MINE

Columnist, The Daily Star

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Commemorating Bangabandhu's Birth Anniversary / An album on the poet of politics

My first impression of Bangabandhu dates back to around the mid-sixties. A helicopter service had been in operation between Dhaka
16 March 2019, 18:00 PM
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An avoidable mayhem

Last Tuesday, from the northerly Himalayas, a blustery wind cascaded down to Haripur area of Thakurgaon leaving a patch of ruins in
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
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Uprooting corruption: We can do better

The seasonal discussion on corruption is back in full swing following the release of Berlin-based Transparency International's global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), 2018.
31 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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Which way is pluralistic democracy headed?

We have known democratic pluralism, pluralistic democracy and multi-party system to be synonymous terminologies. But is it as simplistic as that? Conceptually and ideally, it is; but in practice and real-world situations, it may not be so!
17 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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Change of style or substance?

With at least 27 new faces and only a few septuagenarians around, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was greeted on her re-election to a record fourth term at Gono Bhaban on Tuesday.
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Sheikh Hasina's fourth term

Sheikh Hasina's fourth term

It is the huge gaps in the numbers of votes polled by the winners and the losers in the 11th national election that apparently unveiled a “controlled and patterned” nature of the process of polls.
3 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Election 2018

Wintry mist from a non-level playing field!

If almost every past election in Bangladesh had been a test case for democracy, the one the nation is going to in two days' time is a veritable litmus test for the country's democratic future.
27 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Nomination cauldron bubbling away, electioneering heat awaited

It was for the BNP leaders “a strategy” of filing multiple sets of nomination papers to cover the contingency of rejections. This came in the way of 141 party nominees out of 696 who had applied to the EC for a go-ahead.
6 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Do Trump's numbers add up?

Donald Trump's crazy Turkish dance of a saga continues. He has not just got his steps wrong, his numbers too are flying in the face of his pet theories and projects.
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
PM Modi

Narendra Modi and his newfound power

After Modi's landslide victory in the trend-setting states of India, three straight gains have been garnered by BJP as the party in power and Narendra Modi as the country's prime minister.
21 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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An album on the poet of politics

My first impre-ssion of Bangabandhu dates back to around the mid-sixties. A helicopter service had been in operation between Dhaka
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Putin

Putin in a new light

Predictably, what might be going through Putin's mind is restoring Russia's image from the dishonour it suffered through the Afghan debacle. Thus, in atonement for failure in Afghanistan, Russia is acting tough in the Middle East.
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Women's public transport nightmare

It is daily suffering for working women or female students who have to travel by bus across the city.
3 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Special relations - A moving feast!

Britain's special relations with the US may have come under stress; exactly the opposite of what British Prime Minister Theresa May had intended by embarking on a visit to the US last month.
23 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Heavyweight punch by a perceived lightweight!

Playing against India on its home ground, where they had inflicted series defeats on New Zealand and England, was like pushing a
16 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Donald Trump

Take a pick on check and balance, Mr. Trump!

Nothing seems to be going right for the Trump presidency ever since its inaugural on January, 20. "Peaceful transfer of power" was mechanical; street protests watering down the solemnity of the occasion.
9 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Manic or panic disorder!

Last Sunday towards the end of evening prayers at a Mosque in Quebec, two terrorists wearing black water proof jackets opened fire
3 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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What next for our cricket?

The Tigers' head coach Chandika Hathurusingha, while speaking to the media on conclusion of the New Zealand-Bangladesh
26 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Good cricket is not enough, better cricket expected!

The second and final Test is on at Christchurch. The Tigers, hopefully, are going to make their last stand in the same venue they had
19 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Team Bangladesh can still bounce back

Even after three straight ODI defeats against New Zealand, our world ranking on this format remains unchanged at 7th by virtue of the points we had accumulated during the last few years.
5 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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With confidence we move ahead

We see the back of 2016 and soak up the freshness of the dewy dawn of a new year. The year gone by, however, has left the world at a
29 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Indonesia

What's next on the Rohingya issue?

It was called an Asean crisis meeting at a Yangon retreat on December 12. It might well have been termed a solidarity get-together to do some much-needed hand-holding to Aung San Suu Kyi facing criticism for the atrocities on Rohingyas in the northern Rakhine state.
22 December 2016, 18:00 PM
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Fake news epidemic: Inoculation possible

Hillary Clinton has issued a call to action against the “epidemic” of fake news in a rare public appearance since her unexpected loss to
15 December 2016, 18:00 PM
US presidential election

The far-right's rising tide

The psychology of the “other” creates and nurtures distance, and consequently sustains mistrust. While technology has bridged physical distances, in filling the vast void in psychological spaces, communication is our best bet.
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Donald Trump

Wind of revisionism blowing in the UK and USA!

Two former British prime ministers, Tony Blair and John Major, have within 24 hours of each other questioned the Brexit process, stating “there's a perfectly credible case for a second referendum on leaving European Union”.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM
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Leave the beach lovers in peace!

We boast the world's longest sea beach and its roaring waves casting a mesmerising spell on visitors to the majestic landscape.
24 November 2016, 18:00 PM
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Can the US president–elect stay the course?

What a silly question to ask, and may be unsettling too, for the world's greatest power! When Trump has been elected US president,
17 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Mike Pence

When the world turned upside down!

It looks like a case of the remedy being worse than the disease! If multiplied and extrapolated on future reckonings, we may be looking at a phenomenal disaster of the century in the making!
12 November 2016, 18:00 PM

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