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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।
Bhutto’s attempt to reunite broken Pakistan
Bhutto’s attempt to reunite broken Pakistan
Politics and Bureaucracy

Bhutto’s attempt to reunite broken Pakistan

In the last week of June 1974, Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto visited Dhaka. Although visiting the Savar National Memorial was part of the official protocol, Bhutto initially expressed his unwillingness to go there. However, under the firm insistence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bhutto was compelled to visit the memorial to pay tribute to those who had been martyred in 1971. Yet the shrewd Bhutto did not go to the memorial in formal attire; he went wearing a T-shirt and a golf cap. He objected to the playing of a bugle, the laying of wreaths and a gun salute.

Golam Sarwar: An editor who walked in path of light
Golam Sarwar: An editor who walked in path of light
Article

Golam Sarwar: An editor who walked in path of light

As the Fourth Estate, the press and news media carry an immense responsibility. The media not only presents events before readers objectively, but can also play a major role in shaping public opinion during movements, struggles and critical moments by taking a principled moral position. At times, the media itself becomes the voice of the people.

Youths tried to stop tanks by cutting down trees, placing dustbins on the roads : Kamal Lohani
Youths tried to stop tanks by cutting down trees, placing dustbins on the roads : Kamal Lohani
Interview

Youths tried to stop tanks by cutting down trees, placing dustbins on the roads : Kamal Lohani

Kamal Lohani’s full name was Abu Nayeem Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Khan Lohani. He was a renowned journalist, cultural activist, and political figure in Bangladesh. Lohani began his career in journalism with the newspaper Dainik Millat. Later he joined Sangbad, where he initially worked as a senior sub-editor and was later promoted to shift-in-charge.

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.

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