M. Adil Khan is a professor of Development Practice, at the School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He is also former Chief of Socio-Economic Governance and Management Branch of the Division of Public Administration and Development Management, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN Secretariat, New York, USA and an Editorial Board Member of the South Asian Journal.
by M Adil Khan — 27/08/2021 After 20 years of US/NATO/Afghan Puppet Army’s brutal and illegal occupation of Afghanistan, Kabul, the capital city finally fell on August 15, 2021, at the hands of the reclusive but a defiant new Taliban. The fall of the US/NATO/Afghan Puppet Army in Afghanistan has turned all military calculus upside down –
READ MOREby Adil Khan 18 July 2021 Regardless of whether it is in democracies or otherwise, decisions on foreign policies including those that concern wars against other countries are almost always made exclusively by the governments, with limited or no consultations with the citizens and often at the behest of vested interest who operate both within
READ MOREBy Adil Khan 3 June 2021 Four decades ago, on 30th May 1981, Ziaur Rahman, the then president of Bangladesh who was popularly known as “General Zia” was murdered, aged 45, in a military coup in the port city of Chittagong. Ziaur Rahman, a valiant freedom fighter took over the leadership of Bangladesh in 1976
READ MOREby Adil Khan 12 February 2021 Cartoon image of Bangladesh Army Chief, General Aziz Ahmed’s bandit brother, Harris Ahmed. Source: Al Jazeera On February 1, 2021 the Qatar based TV outlet, Al Jazeera aired a tele documentary, “All the Prime Minister’s Men” that depicted multiple layers of abuse and corruption – money laundering, extortion,
READ MOREby M Adil Khan — January 25, 2021 Biden is in and Trump is out. Despite all the drama, America’s flawed democracy has managed to make the will of its people prevail. Americans have got their President, Mr. Biden that they voted for. Mr. Biden was officially sworn in on 20th January 2021 as the 46th President of the
READ MOREby M Adil Khan — December 30, 2020 GOOD NEWS 1)Trump will not be the President of USA in the new year and beyond 2) Vaccine for COVID 19 is in the market and more on the way 3) COVID 19 has demonstrated that not possession of sophisticated arsenals nor resources and not well-trained army but empathising
READ MOREby M Adil Khan — December 21, 2020 Top Left: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman giving his penultimate speech on 7th of March 1971 at Racecourse Maidan, Dhaka, (then East Pakistan) Bangladesh); Top Right. Major (then) Ziaur Rahan announcing independence of Bangladesh at Kalurghat make-shift radio station in Chittagong, Bangladesh on 27th March, 1971; Bottom: Mr. Tajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister
READ MOREby M Adil Khan — December 3, 2020 Picture of Aussie soldier gulping beer from ‘prosthetic leg of dead Taliban fighter’ Every time you start to believe that West is your model of morality, you get a jolt. Recent revelations of horrific war crimes committed by the Australian soldiers in Afghanistan where innocent men, women and children
READ MOREby M Adil Khan — November 18, 2020 Last four years of Trump presidency has been the most chaotic if not the most problematic that the US and the world at large have experienced, ever. Mr. Trump’s governing style has been unique and bewildering. He made White House a twitter factory – made policies, hired and
READ MOREDemanding justice for the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali a month ago. The perpetrators filmed their crime and the clip went viral recently. Photo: Palash Khan By Adil Khan 8 October 2020 I don’t know who drew this rape-map of Bangladesh, but this is telling geography of rape culture which has spread
READ MOREBy Professor M. Adil Khan and Dr. Rebecca E. Olson[i] 4 September 2020 “Social distancing at home was hard — setting guidelines, having separate utensils, no other stuff in the toilet and shower room. Each person has their own basket for toiletries. For two months, not sleeping with [my] spouse and not being able
READ MOREby M Adil Khan — August 26, 2020 If you think that democracy is about ‘government of the people by the people and for the people’, you are dead wrong, not these days. The way democracy has evolved in recent years in both developed as well as in developing countries, it has become more of
READ MOREFile image of Indian and Chinese soldiers jointly marching duirng the New Year 2019 PTI Photo “It was a time when the unthinkable became the thinkable and the impossible really happened” ― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things by M Adil Khan — July 2, 2020 India’s Galwan Debacle Recently, in a gun-less
READ MOREby M Adil Khan — May 8, 2020 For Muslims this is the month Ramadhan, the dawn-to-dusk fasting month, a month which is not merely about fasting but also a reminder to all Muslims of a key obligation of Islam – ‘giving’! For that matter, ‘giving’ as a religious duty is an integral component of
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