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Kamrul Ahsan

  • Fiction Writer and Journalist

Kamrul Ahsan: Fiction Writer and Journalist
What impact could this DUCSU election have on future politics of Bangladesh
DUCSU election
State and Politics

What impact could this DUCSU election have on future politics of Bangladesh

From 1924 to 2025, in the hundred-year history of the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU), is this year’s DUCSU election going to be the most important? It is difficult to determine which historical events are more significant than others. Often such decisions cannot be made immediately. In the long course of history, many important events fade into obscurity, while some seemingly minor issues shine brightly. Perspective, analysis, bias—all combine to produce different interpretations of events. Even so, it can clearly be said that DUCSU has played a notable role in our national liberation movement, and especially in shaping the society, culture and politics of the Bengali middle-class educated Muslims after Partition.

July 36: The chronicle of an unprecedented mass uprising
July 36
State and Politics

July 36: The chronicle of an unprecedented mass uprising

On August 5, 2024, through an unprecedented mass movement, the long-standing fascist autocratic regime of Hasina came to an end. The students and the public referred to this movement as the “July Movement”. This was because the movement intensified throughout the month of July. Even after the end of July, the protesters continued to count days as July 32, July 33, July 34, July 35. This was because August is the month of mourning for the Awami League. The protesters wanted instead to keep alive the memory of the martyrs of July. Every day, countless people across various regions of Bangladesh were being killed by law enforcement agencies. The government's repression eventually reached an extreme level. In an attempt to suppress the movement, the government initiated a horrific massacre. The Awami League government killed nearly 1,500 people. The sight of such a procession of death transformed the student protests into a mass uprising. Sheikh Hasina, who had been in power for over 15 years, fled to India on t

Save Milestone School from becoming a zoo
Milestone School
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Save Milestone School from becoming a zoo

Hearing the words of a student from Milestone School and College, I felt utterly ashamed. Standing in front of a television camera, the student said, “People are coming to visit our school when they feel bored. Bringing their children along with them, they’re eating peanuts, jhalmuri, sugarcane juice, and chotpoti. Our school is now a zoo. If we sold tickets, we’d have become millionaires. As they can’t see anything because of the crowd, they’re asking the gatekeeper to open the gate. They want to go inside and see. What will they see inside? The burnt corpses of children? They’ve come to see the burnt corpses of children.”

Tragedies in educational institutions worldwide similar to Milestone incident
plane crash
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Tragedies in educational institutions worldwide similar to Milestone incident

The horrific plane crash that took place yesterday at Milestone School and College in Uttara, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, has already reached the entire world. All international media outlets across the globe have reported the news with utmost importance. Plane crashes are inherently very sensitive news. As soon as people hear about a plane crash, everyone shudders for a moment. The first fear is always about how many were killed or injured.

The one-kidney village
The one-kidney village
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The one-kidney village

This news is so tragic that one would be shocked just hearing about it—such horrifying things do happen in this world! And that too in Bangladesh! Wars, conflicts, and bloodshed around the world cause human suffering. People die in wars, famines, floods, droughts, and various natural calamities—these too bring tears to human eyes. But if you hear that a village has been identified as a "one-kidney village", not only will you be shocked, you will also begin to question the very state of human civilisation.

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