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Kamal Ahmed

Kamal Ahmed is consulting editor at The Daily Star. He led the Media Reform Commission under the interim government. His X handle is @ahmedka1.

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Book Review: Nonfiction / The story of Bangladesh’s books

4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
We have long heard stories about the late military ruler H M Ershad and his deep desire to be recognised as a poet.
4 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Political shift in West Bengal and its regional ripples

7 May 2026, 09:00 AM
BJP’s victory in the West Bengal assembly elections has been widely described as a tectonic shift.
7 May 2026, 09:00 AM
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World Press Freedom Day / Press freedom in a world of slopaganda and churnalism

3 May 2026, 09:00 AM
Do you feel exhausted trying to find reliable facts about everything happening around you?
3 May 2026, 09:00 AM
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When reform becomes more power, less accountability

6 April 2026, 09:00 AM
With the parliamentary politics once again becoming vibrant and engaging, a clear fault line is gradually emerging between the ruling party, BNP, and the opposition, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI).
6 April 2026, 09:00 AM
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A youth-quake Jatiya Sangsad must break with the past

12 March 2026, 00:22 AM
The 13th Jatiya Sangsad, which goes into its maiden session today, is in many ways a first for the country.
12 March 2026, 00:22 AM
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Central bank shake-up: Why is BNP undermining its reformist legacy?

1 March 2026, 01:00 AM
The removal of Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur, widely credited with steadying an economy that was on the brink of potential collapse, has been described by many as nothing short of a blunder by the new government.
1 March 2026, 01:00 AM
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An election of narratives and least scrutiny

11 February 2026, 00:42 AM
The late unveiling of manifestos by all major parties—whether by choice or due to poor planning—meant that the campaign largely devolved into a contest of personalities rather than a comparison of policies.
11 February 2026, 00:42 AM
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NCP manifesto debate: If this is inclusion, we need to relearn politics

5 February 2026, 00:25 AM
The response from the National Citizen Party’s (NCP’s) secretary of the manifesto subcommittee, Istiak Akib, to my analysis of their manifesto is a welcome development and a positive step towards fostering civilised dialogue—an essential element of democracy.
5 February 2026, 00:25 AM
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A British fiasco derived from algorithm

It was a British fiasco, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson termed it a “mutant algorithm”. The fiasco is about the exam results of both GCSE and A-level involving millions of pupils.
9 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Justice for Sinha can initiate justice for others too

“The Police does not shoulder the responsibility of any misdeed committed by an individual”, claims the Bangladesh Police Service Association (BPSA), a representative body of the members of the police cadre in the country.
17 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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UK’s long-awaited ‘smart’ action against human rights abusers

The United Kingdom has finally adopted the long-awaited Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime aimed at tackling human rights abusers around the world.
11 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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DfID’s demise redefines aid

The United Kingdom has once again returned to the old conservative principle that development aid must be tied to political and foreign policy objectives of the donor government, instead of targets set by various global organisations through consensus.
23 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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Why COVID-19 is not a leveller

When COVID-19 reached some of the most protected and powerful people of the world like the resident of Number 10, Downing Street and the best known royal Prince Charles or forced Prime Minister Trudeau to self-isolate, many people described this virus as a great leveller.
25 April 2020, 18:00 PM
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Concern for Kajol during the pandemic

Does anyone know what had happened to Utpal Das? If you cannot remember who Utpal is, no one would blame you.
2 April 2020, 18:00 PM
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Crossfire deaths in Teknaf

The deaths of seven suspected Rohingya robbers in a single incident of so-called crossfire are not normal, even in an environment where such extrajudicial killings have become the new normal.
6 March 2020, 18:00 PM
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Jihadists of Bangladeshi descent

The verdict rejecting the appeal of the so-called ISIS bride, Shamima Begum, has stoked an important debate in the United Kingdom, raising serious concerns and anxiety among migrant families and rights activists.
14 February 2020, 18:00 PM
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Dhaka’s crucial role in enforcing ICJ ruling

On January 23, when the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, at the onset of his deliberations pronounced that “the Court’s references in this Order to the Rohingya should be understood as references to the group that self-identifies as the Rohingya group,” some of us in the press room were elated.
30 January 2020, 18:00 PM
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Distrust of Police: Neither good for public nor for police

Going by social media trends, the arrest of the alleged rapist of the Dhaka University student has failed to convince a significant number of people that he is indeed the real offender.
14 January 2020, 18:00 PM
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Why is most of Asia looking away from Myanmar?

The latest resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly condemning rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minority groups in Myanmar was the third such resolution on the subject.
4 January 2020, 18:00 PM
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Has Bangladesh provided an excuse for Suu Kyi’s defence?

It was another reprehensible act of genocide denial. While defending the indefensible at the world court, the International Court of Justice
22 December 2019, 18:00 PM
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Certainty over Brexit, yet uncertainty remains in the Kingdom

One would not expect, least of all in western democracies, to see people taking to the streets immediately after a new prime minister takes office with a landslide victory.
15 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Will pensions be hit by Brexit?

House prices lower, unemployment higher, real incomes down, a year long recession and now, poorer pensioners.
28 May 2016, 18:00 PM

The economics of steel? Pretty bad

In markets, a "buffalo jump" is the moment the price of a commodity rises suddenly before slumping back to its more normal steady state - which for products such as steel has been down, down, down.
30 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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