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Kamal Ahmed

Reporter · BD

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Kamal Ahmed

    Media reform and journalism protection law can help counter disinformation (opens the original)

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    Terming the government’s latest initiative to amend the Cyber Safety Act “ominous,” Mahfuz Anam, editor of this paper, wrote in his September 25 column that “there is no way that media can be protected under the draft cyber protection law.” He proposed “a separate cyber law for the media, or at least a separate set of rules and guidelines” that would prevent cybercrime without hampering freedom of speech, expression and publication. His suggestion echoes, in part, recommendations made by the Med

  2. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Kamal Ahmed

    Why are we weakening our human rights safeguards? (opens the original)

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    About a year ago, a leading business leader told me a story about another business tycoon and once-powerful adviser to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He is now in prison, facing a number of cases ranging from money laundering to crimes against humanity, and this is the second time he has returned to prison. So, the story goes that when Hasina formed the government in 2009, she asked the said adviser what job he would like to have. To her utter disbelief, he apparently asked for a position

  3. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Kamal Ahmed

    A presidential election, or another coronation? (opens the original)

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    On August 20, for only the second time in our history, parliamentarians will have the opportunity to elect the president of the republic. If the ruling party sticks to its decision not to allow its MPs to vote freely, however, the entire exercise is poised to be anything but an election. It could instead be described as the beginning of the new president’s coronation. Like the first presidential vote 35 years ago, this one too follows another pro-democracy uprising. The first uprising forced out

  4. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Kamal Ahmed

    Hasina’s media interactions are hurting bilateral ties (opens the original)

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    The August 5, 2026 media interaction at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club South Asia (FCC South Asia) in Delhi by ousted Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina appears to have triggered a full-scale diplomatic spat between Bangladesh and India. It was her second such event hosted at the same venue by the same media group within seven months. The differences between the January 23 and August 5 events, however, are remarkably stark, not only in their substance but also in their fallout. Both events were

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