Selim Jahan
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- Sep 9, 2026
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- Jul 20, 2026
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Professor Anisur Rahman: The economist who put people at the centre (opens the original)
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Professor Anisur Rahman, the legendary teacher, economist and social thinker, was known to me in three distinct capacities. First, he was my teacher in the Department of Economics at the University of Dhaka in the early 1970s. Second, I later became his colleague in the same department at the same university. Third, I came to know him through his intellectual contributions as an economist. Through these three relationships, I had the privilege of knowing him for more than half a century—in both
Remembering Mahbub ul Haq: A pioneer of human development ideas (opens the original)
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'In the ultimate analysis, human destiny is a choice, and not a chance' – that was the belief of Mahbub ul Haq, whether in his personal life, professional career or development philosophy. It might have been by chance that he was born to middle-class parents; saw, as a teenager, the turmoil and massacre associated with the Partition of the subcontinent; and grew up at a time when the newly independent nations were quite vulnerable on all fronts. But he never let chance dictate his choices. He pa
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