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Syed Badrul Ahsan, Dhaka Tribune
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View from Dhaka Tribune: US visa restrictions are belittling – Bangladesh is not a banana republic
More than a half century after liberation, it is embarrassing to have foreign governments educate us on what governance is or should be.
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Dhaka Tribune
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Had Yahya Khan and his advisors not blundered, Bangladesh might still have been part of Pakistan
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman believed a political solution could be worked out by redefining Pakistan as a confederation.
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Dhaka Tribune
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Remembering Bangladesh’s founding father on his birth anniversary
In February 1969, when the proceedings of the Agartala Case were still going on in Dhaka, I had my earliest glimpse of Bangabandhu.
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Dhaka Tribune
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Day of deliverance: My memories of Bangladesh’s hard-won freedom from Pakistan
On December 16, 1971, life took a quantum leap when we heard Indira Gandhi on All India Radio announce, ‘Dhaka is now the free capital of a free country.’
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Dhaka Tribune
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How should Bangladesh remember Ayub Khan, the dictator who refused to grant it greater autonomy?
His legacy is irreparably tainted.
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Dhaka Tribune