Educationist
Dr. Syed Anwar Hossain is a renowned educationist and former professor
at the Department of History at Dhaka University. He served as former director
general of Bangla Academy, former vice chancellor of Darul Ihsan University and
founding editor of the English daily, The Daily Sun. Currently, he is serving
as Bangabandhu Chair Professor at BUP.
We usually use two words in case of referring Bengali New Year--'Son' and 'Sal' (year). 'Sal' is a 'Persian' word while 'Son' is 'Arabic'. Bengali vocabulary contains numerous words borrowed from Arabic and Persian. The name Bangladesh is not even Bengali, Bangla and Desh are Persian words.
Dr. Syed Anwar Husain is a foremost historian in the country. He has contributed numerous research-oriented books on significant topics such as the independence movement of Bangladesh, the Liberation War, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, state governance, democratic rights, global politics, and more.
In the context of Bangladesh, my understanding is clear regarding the role and voting of the people, as stated in Article 7(1) of the Constitution, which reads, "All citizens in a republic." The word republic is not acceptable to me. From 1991 to 2018 elections, the experience of voting for the voters of this country was not very happy. That's why I think the power should be given to the voters. Voters will decide who stays in government and who does not.