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Vox Populi, Vox Dei

December 23, 2024
This view has been informed by my evaluation of the 2007-08 Caretaker Government, which lost all of its leverage over the political parties once it announced that elections would take place by the end of 2008.    While my views regarding the importance of the reform effort have not changed, and while I remain concerned about unrepentant politicians simply waiting out the interim government and giving lip service to reform, I understand that the uncertainty regarding the timing of elections does have a cost.    This includes its impact on the economy, where potential investors may be waiting for further

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Rohingya community facing gravest threats since 2017

December 24, 2024
Newly arrived Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent access to food, shelter and medical attention after enduring the worst violence against their communities since the Myanmar military-led campaign in 2017, Amnesty International

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December 22, 2024

Today I Saw a Revolution – From Grassroot to Global Change: The Badiul Majumdar Story by Cathy Burke

Prof. Badiul Alam Majumdar is known by millions of people in Bangladesh and tens of thousands of people around the world, yet very few know his life story. And that life story is as inspiring as are the multifaceted results of his leadership. This biography by Cathy Burke follows Badiul’s life from his childhood in abject rural poverty, through his two decades as a graduate student, professor and consultant in the US, then back to Bangladesh when that nation returned to democracy in 1991. Just like Mahatma Gandhi, the leadership that Badiul is known for didn’t begin until he was

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