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PLEASURE IS ALL MINE

Shah Husain Imam

PLEASURE IS ALL MINE

Columnist, The Daily Star

An album on the poet of politics

Commemorating Bangabandhu's Birth Anniversary / An album on the poet of politics

16 March 2019, 18:00 PM
My first impression of Bangabandhu dates back to around the mid-sixties. A helicopter service had been in operation between Dhaka
16 March 2019, 18:00 PM
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An avoidable mayhem

14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Last Tuesday, from the northerly Himalayas, a blustery wind cascaded down to Haripur area of Thakurgaon leaving a patch of ruins in
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
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Uprooting corruption: We can do better

31 January 2019, 18:00 PM
The seasonal discussion on corruption is back in full swing following the release of Berlin-based Transparency International's global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), 2018.
31 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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Which way is pluralistic democracy headed?

17 January 2019, 18:00 PM
We have known democratic pluralism, pluralistic democracy and multi-party system to be synonymous terminologies. But is it as simplistic as that? Conceptually and ideally, it is; but in practice and real-world situations, it may not be so!
17 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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Change of style or substance?

10 January 2019, 18:00 PM
With at least 27 new faces and only a few septuagenarians around, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was greeted on her re-election to a record fourth term at Gono Bhaban on Tuesday.
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Sheikh Hasina's fourth term

Sheikh Hasina's fourth term

3 January 2019, 18:00 PM
It is the huge gaps in the numbers of votes polled by the winners and the losers in the 11th national election that apparently unveiled a “controlled and patterned” nature of the process of polls.
3 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Election 2018

Wintry mist from a non-level playing field!

27 December 2018, 18:00 PM
If almost every past election in Bangladesh had been a test case for democracy, the one the nation is going to in two days' time is a veritable litmus test for the country's democratic future.
27 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Nomination cauldron bubbling away, electioneering heat awaited

6 December 2018, 18:00 PM
It was for the BNP leaders “a strategy” of filing multiple sets of nomination papers to cover the contingency of rejections. This came in the way of 141 party nominees out of 696 who had applied to the EC for a go-ahead.
6 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Manic or panic disorder!

Last Sunday towards the end of evening prayers at a Mosque in Quebec, two terrorists wearing black water proof jackets opened fire
3 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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What next for our cricket?

The Tigers' head coach Chandika Hathurusingha, while speaking to the media on conclusion of the New Zealand-Bangladesh
26 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Good cricket is not enough, better cricket expected!

The second and final Test is on at Christchurch. The Tigers, hopefully, are going to make their last stand in the same venue they had
19 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Team Bangladesh can still bounce back

Even after three straight ODI defeats against New Zealand, our world ranking on this format remains unchanged at 7th by virtue of the points we had accumulated during the last few years.
5 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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With confidence we move ahead

We see the back of 2016 and soak up the freshness of the dewy dawn of a new year. The year gone by, however, has left the world at a
29 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Indonesia

What's next on the Rohingya issue?

It was called an Asean crisis meeting at a Yangon retreat on December 12. It might well have been termed a solidarity get-together to do some much-needed hand-holding to Aung San Suu Kyi facing criticism for the atrocities on Rohingyas in the northern Rakhine state.
22 December 2016, 18:00 PM
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Fake news epidemic: Inoculation possible

Hillary Clinton has issued a call to action against the “epidemic” of fake news in a rare public appearance since her unexpected loss to
15 December 2016, 18:00 PM
US presidential election

The far-right's rising tide

The psychology of the “other” creates and nurtures distance, and consequently sustains mistrust. While technology has bridged physical distances, in filling the vast void in psychological spaces, communication is our best bet.
8 December 2016, 18:00 PM
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Wind of revisionism blowing in the UK and USA!

Two former British prime ministers, Tony Blair and John Major, have within 24 hours of each other questioned the Brexit process, stating “there's a perfectly credible case for a second referendum on leaving European Union”.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Leave the beach lovers in peace

Leave the beach lovers in peace!

We boast the world's longest sea beach and its roaring waves casting a mesmerising spell on visitors to the majestic landscape.
24 November 2016, 18:00 PM
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Can the US president–elect stay the course?

What a silly question to ask, and may be unsettling too, for the world's greatest power! When Trump has been elected US president,
17 November 2016, 18:00 PM
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When the world turned upside down!

It looks like a case of the remedy being worse than the disease! If multiplied and extrapolated on future reckonings, we may be looking at a phenomenal disaster of the century in the making!
12 November 2016, 18:00 PM
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Bangladesh stamps its rise on world cricket

England is a known power in the cricketing world. Bangladesh, for the most part of its 16 years since attaining Test status, has struggled to keep its nose above water, sometimes to the condescending stare of cricket gurus.
3 November 2016, 18:00 PM
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Is there a method in his madness?

Donald Trump may not win the US presidency but he has assured his place in history as an absurd choice for the GOP which literally means the God's Own Party.
27 October 2016, 18:00 PM
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The final debate: Highly contentious but decisive

It may have proved to be the make-or-mar debate in the US presidential election held at the university of Nevada ,Las Vegas on
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM
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Pickings on road to cricketing powerhouse

After six consecut ive series wins against world class cricketing sides and 11months of hibernation, the stage was set for three ODIs against an improving Afghan side, an associate member of the ICC. The latter played reasonably well against us but we did outclass them in the last match of the series.
14 October 2016, 18:00 PM
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Running mates set higher stakes for presidential debates

The appearance of swallows at the beginning of summer has helped craft a wonderful English idiom: “One swallow doesn't make a summer.” All it warns against is forming 'a general opinion or judgment on the basis of a single event, remark, etc.'
6 October 2016, 18:00 PM
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Uneven contest, not a classy debate

Let's begin at the beginning: Lester Holt, thought to be a Republican by political belief (so what!) was appointed Moderator for Monday's
29 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Hillary-Trump slanging matches from the ringside

Hillary-Trump slanging matches from the ringside

Next Monday, we will see the first of the three debates that are billed to bring out the best in the two candidates' competency, knowledge, leadership qualities and abilities to defend their policy positions, plans and visions for their incumbency.
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM
Our girls' feat in football and localised pinpricks

Our girls' feat in football and localised pinpricks

The all-win success story of our U-16 girls' football team at the group championship stage has been a head turner. But with their entry into the top eight league which pits them against teams like Japan and South Korea, their struggle has only begun. They have a long way to go.
15 September 2016, 18:00 PM

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