Manirul Islam

Pedagogy of Elite Diplomats in Bangladesh

January 29, 2011
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Belligerent behavior of the diplomats of first world countries, posted in the third world countries, regularly crosses distinct silver line of diplomatic etiquette, but this is often well received by the tamed and leashed political leadership of the victim countries. These elite Ambassadors mutually determine their esoteric roles and rites to implement their grand design…

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Children Park – a type of real social business (example of MOON PARK & MOON HOUSE)

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      Children Park – a type of real social business (example of MOON PARK & MOON HOUSE) This was also published in The News Today 09 Dec 2010 and other blogs http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=14376&date=2010-12-09 http://www.bdcomcn.com/English-Articles/children-park-a-type-of-real-social-business-of-moon-park-a-moon-house.html  http://bangladesh-web.com/view.php?hidRecord=343086    Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, of Bangladesh while addressing the prize giving ceremony of a painting competition at Dhaka…

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An Elegey to Maskwaith:Road to social justice! no left, no right

April 5, 2010
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Intellectual creation cannot be partisan, neither in vocabulary nor in concept. So is the neatly woven article of Maskwaith Ahsan. Therefore common readers of my caliber from both side of the aisle find green or red patches of moral shelter in this kind of well-contoured mindscape. Let us present a Freedom Fighter, from the birth…

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Signboard Change: A Political Correction

March 4, 2010
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The neon of ZIA finally went off. Speculations buried but the action has spawned enormous demagogy in all type of media formats, as usual. More than BNP had it, it gave our gloriously neutral intellectuals fodder to indulge profusely in munch and muse. The comments discreetly chided Government’s act as meanness, madness or dastardly. Sorority…

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The Dawn of a New Day

January 29, 2010
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16th December, 1971 – the milestone of victory of Bangalee, after a brief interlude of couple of years morphed into an epitaph of failure. In the wee hours of the fateful night of 15th August, 1975, all our gains, all the glory, joy and pride of Bangalee abruptly turned into numbness of pain, anguish and…

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Democracy In Bangladesh: Reality Vs. Utopia

January 11, 2010
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From the very beginning in post-liberation Bangladesh, the political progress had been murky and was marred with violent rivalry and blood spilling strife. Pro-liberation forces splintered into hostile camps which helped mighty resurrection of just defeated anti-liberation forces. Theory of conspiracies, both within and beyond the boundary, against the new nation was abound. The obvious…

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AL Council: Celebration and Expectation

July 22, 2009
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AL Council: Celebration and Expectation

Photo: Thousands of Awami League supporters attended the pre-election AL meeting at Paltan ground today in order to meet their leader Sheikh Hasina who delivered her speech from behind a bulletproof glass screen. AL President Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to address public meetings at Comilla and Feni on Saturday en route to Chittagong. Dhaka, Bangladesh.…

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General Moeen: Could He Be The Next Dictator?

July 2, 2009
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General Moeen: Could He Be The Next Dictator?

General Moeen U Ahmed, then chief of Bangladesh Army handed over formal papers to a poor man of the dairy firm project at Gaibandha Ansar Institute. Gaibandha, Bangladesh. November 27 2007 Image by: Quddus Alam, DRIK News. By all means, after General Zia and General Ershad, General Moeen U Ahmed (MUA), the previous chief of…

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Manifesto of change: Hope lingers through fuzzy morning

January 27, 2009
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Less than a month is too early to dissect a government for anatomy, rather it makes sense to forward a chart of preventive and predictive maintenance to the driver of the vehicle on which the whole country is now riding on a precarious uphill journey with sky high confidence. The destination is a better Bangladesh.

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First 30 Days Plan for our next Prime Minister

January 4, 2009
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To form a cabinet will be public’s first litmus test for Sheikh Hasina. To the public, it will be the very morning that will show them the days of next five years. The cabinet has to be a discreet blend of old and young, experience and commitment, patriotism and skill. Politicians, bureaucrats, subject experts and…

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