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Renewed push for open-pit mining in Phulbari ignores hard-earned lessons (opens the original)
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This year, I found the people of Phulbari quite angry and vigilant on Phulbari Day on August 26. Just days earlier, the finance minister had spoken about resuming open-pit mining in Phulbari, once again bringing people onto the streets. When Prime Minister Tarique Rahman spoke of open-pit mining again on September 2, it sparked protests, rallies and processions in the area. On August 26, 2006, tens of thousands of people in Dinajpur’s Phulbari upazila—Bangalee and Santal, men and women, old and
Public universities must not fall back into partisan control (opens the original)
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Universities in Bangladesh, especially the public ones, are facing a new kind of crisis. During the Awami League government’s rule, universities were turned into instruments of authoritarian domination and violence. Vice-chancellors were appointed on the basis of partisan loyalty rather than academic merit, while student dormitories became hubs of intimidation and violence perpetrated by ruling party goons. Intellectual inquiry, academic freedom, and the overall learning environment were severel
Keeping the July uprising’s promise alive needs a vigilant public (opens the original)
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There is no doubt that the July Mass Uprising marked the beginning of a new chapter in Bangladesh, representing a powerful expression of the people’s enduring capacity for resistance. Before it came the 1969 mass uprising, followed by the 1990 mass uprising. In the years leading up to each of these moments, we repeatedly heard claims of development from the ruling regimes. Yet, just as Ayub Khan’s “Decade of Development” ended with the 1969 uprising, and Ershad’s development decade ended with th
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