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Rahat Minhaz

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রাহাত মিনহাজ: শিক্ষক, গবেষক, কলাম লেখক। শিক্ষকতার করছেন জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের গণযোগাযোগ ও সাংবাদিকতা বিভাগে। বর্তমানে সহকারী অধ্যাপক পদে কর্মরত। খণ্ডকালীন উপস্থাপক হিসেবে কাজ করছেন চ্যানেল টুয়েন্টি ফোরে। সাংবাদিক হিসেবে কাজ করেছেন চ্যানেল ওয়ান, এটিএন বাংলা, যমুনা টিভি ও চ্যানেল টুয়েন্টি ফোরে। ২০১৩ সালে পেয়েছেন মুক্তিযুদ্ধ যাদুঘরের বজলুর রহমান স্মৃতি পদক, আরও পেয়েছেন আবুল মনসুর আহমদ প্রবন্ধ লিখন পুরস্কার ২০১৮। মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, সাংবাদিকতা নিয়ে লেখকের ১১টি বই প্রকাশিত হয়েছে। যেগুলোর মধ্যে ‘সায়মন ড্রিং ও অন্যান্যের একাত্তর’, ‘নভেম্বর ক্যু’৭৫: অন্ধকার সময়ের সংবাদচিত্র’, ‘বঙ্গবন্ধুর ৭ই মার্চের ভাষণ: সংবাদপত্রের আধেয় বিশ্লেষণ’ ও ‘পশ্চিম পাকিস্তানে বঙ্গবন্ধুর বন্দি জীবন’ অন্যতম। শিক্ষকতার পাশাপাশি লেখক মুক্তিযুদ্ধ ও গণমাধ্যম নিয়ে নানা ধরনের গবেষণায় নিয়োজিত আছেন। তাঁর দাপ্তরিক নাম মিনহাজ উদ্দীন। জন্ম ও বেড়ে ওঠা উত্তরের শহর বগুড়ায়। উচ্চতর শিক্ষা গ্রহণ করেছেন ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের গণযোগাযোগ ও সাংবাদিকতা বিভাগে।
Blueprint for extermination of Bengalis under guise of duck hunting
Blueprint for extermination of Bengalis under guise of duck hunting
Politics and Bureaucracy

Blueprint for extermination of Bengalis under guise of duck hunting

The prosperous Indus civilization was founded around the Sindhu River. Larkana in Pakistan is one of the cities that have developed on the banks of this river that stretches across India and Pakistan. It is one of the most prosperous and important cities in the country's Sindh province. This important chapter of the independence movement of the Bengali nation is associated with this city, thousands of miles away. Because it was in this city that the blueprint for the Bengali genocide was finalized instead of handing over power to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The day was February 22, 1971. On the day that President Yahya Khan and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and top Pakistani army officers finalized the plan to teach the Bengali nation a bloody lesson with heavy feasts, colorful drinks and intoxication with power.

The first protest against Punjabi discrimination
The first protest against Punjabi discrimination
Article

The first protest against Punjabi discrimination

The Language Movement marked the awakening of the Bengali nation. What began in 1947 reached its culmination in the blood-soaked spring of 1952. Yet this movement was not merely a linguistic awakening; it emerged from accumulated deprivation and the betrayal of the Pakistani ruling elite.

A late afternoon with Meherun Runi and eternal regret
A late afternoon with Meherun Runi and eternal regret
Article

A late afternoon with Meherun Runi and eternal regret

Following the regime change in 2024, it was widely anticipated that the entire nation would witness a just investigation and trial regarding the highly publicized Sagar-Runi murder.

How long the teachers will face guillotine executions?
How long the teachers will face guillotine executions?
Education

How long the teachers will face guillotine executions?

Post-mass uprising anarchy is still visible in Bangladesh. The state machinery is still largely inactive in the backdrop of the changes. In this vacuum, at least partially, the rule of the insane continues.

Niazi with his head down in shame and humiliation: AK Khandker
Niazi with his head down in shame and humiliation: AK Khandker
Interview

Niazi with his head down in shame and humiliation: AK Khandker

As a short winter day, on that Thursday the sun dipped below the horizon and the sky turns darker too early. On the afternoon of December 16, 1971, the Pakistani commander of the eastern region, AK Niazi, and Chief of Staff of the Indian Army's Eastern Command Major General JFR Jacob were sitting in an emergency meeting at the Dhaka Cantonment. The meeting decided that the Pakistani army would surrender in the open field, among the people. Brave freedom fighter and the then Deputy Chief of Staff of the Liberation Forces, Abdul Karim Khandker, witnessed that historic moment as a representative of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: The dream of lonely charioteers
Bangladesh: The dream of lonely charioteers
Article

Bangladesh: The dream of lonely charioteers

Jean Eugene Paul Kay was a 29-year-old young man from a wealthy family in France, one of the wealthiest countries in Europe. At that age, he was supposed to be busy with his profession, beloved, and his own life, or be drunk in all the famous French bars. But what a strange humanity, he hijacked a Pakistan International Airlines plane, risking his life. He joined the Bengali liberation struggle. This incident created a stir in France and the whole of Europe. When the mediator spoke to Jean Kay, he demanded that 20 tons of medicine and relief materials be sent for the Bengali refugees who had taken refuge in India! At one point in the hostage incident, the security guards shot him in the chest. He was seriously injured but survived. Later, when detailed information about the matter was published, the French government sent relief medicine for the Bengali refugees.