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Asleep at the helm
- New Age/ Mehedi Haque by Shahidul Alam THE friendly hug and the broad smile as we met at the airport were characteristic of the man....
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POST-JULY BANGLADESH: Institutional crises and deep state’s shadow
by Abdul Monaiem Kudrot Ullah The flood that could not be contained THE crisis that engulfed Bangladesh in July–August 2024 was not a...
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Who’s leading whom in post-Hasina Bangladesh?
— New Age/ Mehedi Haque by Helal Mohiuddin August 5, 2024, marked a pivotal moment for Bangladeshi students and youth, as they challenged...
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Are we heading to a missed opportunity for state reconstruction?
by Zobaer Al Mahmud ALTHOUGH the July-August mass uprising was successful in breaking away from the brutal, oppressive fascist-mafia...
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No new dawn for women
People participate in Maitri Jatra demanding gender justice on May 16 in Dhaka — New Age photo by Rafia Tamanna THE month of July 2025...
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JULY UPRISING: Justification, failure and possibility
by Rakibul Hasan Khan SALMAN Rushdie’s famous novel ‘Midnight’s Children’ contains an epigrammatic expression: ‘we are the nation of...
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‘In the changed political context, collective punishment of the Bawm community continues’
Lalrithang Bawm , the office secretary of the Bangladesh Student’s Federation (Ganasanhati Andolon) and chairperson of the Bawm Students...
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Fear of truth in post-uprising Bangladesh
Shahidul Alam / Drik by Saydia Gulrukh A year ago, on July 30, a policeman, unable to bear the police atrocities on students, resigned....
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The paranoia of silence and the fear of sleeping
by Barnali Saha A YEAR since July the 36 th , I am convinced that July will always have exactly thirty-one days from now on—not a day...
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