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Kamrul Ahsan

  • Fiction Writer and Journalist

Kamrul Ahsan: Fiction Writer and Journalist
July 36: The chronicle of an unprecedented mass uprising
July 36

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

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

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

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.

Place of the hungriest people in the world is Gaza
Gaza

Place of the hungriest people in the world is Gaza

Gaza at this moment is the place of the hungriest people on earth, every person in Gaza is suffering from famine. The Israeli forces are indulging in a frenzy to completely destroy Gaza. They have not stopped at just evicting them from their homes, the UN has warned that there are now plans to flatten them into the ground. The situation in Gaza is now such that even food aid cannot reach there. Last Friday the UN stated that even while trying to deliver food, they are facing obstruction. In recent history, they have not had to struggle this much to help the Palestinians.

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