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  • Bangladesh: The silencing of voices with the Digital Security Act0

      “If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.” ~John Stuart Mill, Philosopher by Sabria Chowdhury Balland      21 July 2020  According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Bangladesh ranks

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  • Bangladesh: The Struggle Of The Garment Factory Workers0

    Print this pageSouth & Central Asia Bangladesh Unions Urge Government to Act as Garment Workers Lose Jobs “When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.” ~Victor Hugo (French author, 1802-1885) by Sabria Chowdhury Balland 26 April 2020 Bangladesh is the second largest apparel producer in the world, after China. The country is set to

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  • The CAA Hurts Bangladesh-India Ties0

    by Sabria Chowdhury Balland 23 February 2020 “A leader leads by example, not by force.” – The Art of War by Sun Tzu, 5th century BC Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has long been accused of sacrificing her country’s interests and well-being while selling out to India. This is not only the viewpoint of her

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  • Bangladesh: The Quagmire Of The CAA And The NRC0

    January 17, 2020 Those who will not reason are bigots, those who cannot are fools and those who dare not are slaves. ~Lord Byron by Sabria Chowdhury Balland   17 January 2020 Recent political developments in India have opened up a Pandora’s box, to say the least. These developments are overtly targeting the country’s largest minority,

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  • Bangladesh And Its Continued Defamation Of Grameen Bank0

    “Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbor to have them through envy.” ~Aristotle by Sabria Chowdhury Balland 20 November 2019 He is perhaps the most celebrated

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  • Bangladesh: A Second Liberation Started By Abrar Fahad0

    by Sabria Chowdhury Balland October 21, 2019 Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of our ease, their estates, their pleasure and their blood.” ~John Adams, Second US

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  • Bangladesh does an about-face on the Rohingya0

    “Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity.” ~Pope Francis by Sabria Chowdhury Balland 19 September 2019 Two years ago, Bangladesh took in nearly 750,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees who were expelled from Myanmar due to a military crackdown. These attacks were referred to as ethnic cleansing by the United States whereas United

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  • Bangladesh And The Luxury Of Choice0

    “Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without.” ~Karl Marx Sabria Chowdhury Balland 19 August 2019 Choices are for the privileged. There is an adage which states, “Beggars can’t be chosers”. In other words, only the privileged, the wealthy and the powerful are entitled to having choices. Hobson’s choice is defined

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  • Bangladesh And The Religious Warfare Based On Deception0

    “All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. ~Sun Tzu, The Art of

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  • Bangladesh And The Political Chess Game0

    “Chess is a war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind.” ~Bobby Fischer, World Chess Champion. Sheikh Hasina Wajed is known not to accept any objections or opposition, so much so that any form an opposition has disappeared out of sight from the Bangladeshi political stage. She and her party, the

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  • Bangladesh And Revenge Politics: To What End?1

    “Revenge, the sweetest morsel to mouth that ever was cooked in hell.” ~Sir Walter Scott from The Heart Of Mid-Lothian Revenge politics has long been the bedrock of Sheikh Hasina’s personal and political motto and raison d’etre. The people of Bangladesh are well aware of this unwelcome fact, which has, very regrettably, become mundane in

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  • Bangladesh: Impunity And The Culture Of Rape0

    by Sabria Chowdhury Balland 16 May 2019 The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero (Roman statesman, orator, and lawyer in the Roman Empire, 63 BC) There has been a very disturbing increase in child rape and sexual abuse cases in Bangladesh. Between May 1-8 alone, in a

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  • Bangladesh: Falsification In the Name Of Progress0

    Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable. —-George Orwell Sabria Chowdhury Balland   17 April 2019 If there is one thing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League party repeat incessantly, it is that they are the only party in the country that can bring about progress and development. This

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  • Bangladesh: From Democrat To Dictator0

    “Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.” —-The Prince (1532), by Niccolo Machiavelli On December 30 2018, Sheikh Hasina Wazed won her third consecutive win in the 11th. general parliamentary election of Bangladesh.

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