Syed Badrul Ahsan

Syed Badrul Ahsan
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Syed Badrul Ahsan is Editor-in-Charge of The Asian Age, Dhaka, Bangladesh. From 1997 to 2000 he served as Press Minister at the Bangladesh High Commission, London, and he has been part of adjunct faculties at Dhaka University, Independent University Bangladesh, and University of Liberal Arts. Ahsan is a member of The Reading Circle (TRC) in Dhaka, and has been a Fellow at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi. His biography of Bangladesh’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, From Rebel to Founding Father: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was published in 2013. More recent works are Glory and Despair: The Politics of Tajuddin Ahmad (2018), and History Makers in Our Times (2018). He contributes to Dhaka Courier, First News, Dhaka Tribune, Bangla Tribune, Our Time, Indian Express, Asian Affairs, and South Asia Monitor.

Bangladesh: Sculptures, statues and hard-liners
Bangladesh: Sculptures, statues and hard-liners
Outcry over how to commemorate the nation’s first president pits Islamists against secularists – again.
In Bangladesh, Covid adds to a list of maladies
In Bangladesh, Covid adds to a list of maladies
A stalling economy, climate challenges, a refugee crisis, and now a spat with Saudi Arabia make for troubling times.
In Dhaka, Payne will look to renew engagement with Bangladesh
In Dhaka, Payne will look to renew engagement with Bangladesh
The Australian Foreign Minister has a lengthy agenda to cover, from refugees to trade to terrorism.
Down and out in Dhaka
Down and out in Dhaka
An epidemic, a rights activist, an exiled judge, and lynch mobs have Bangladesh in an uproar.
South Asia diplomacy hostage to a bitter legacy
South Asia diplomacy hostage to a bitter legacy
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh – the neighbourhood just can’t seem to get along.
Beleaguered Bangladesh and big neighbour trouble
Beleaguered Bangladesh and big neighbour trouble
A register to record citizens in India’s Assam raises fears four million Bengali-speaking residents could be forced out.
“Gunfights” in Bangladesh
“Gunfights” in Bangladesh
Outrage over extrajudicial killings is dominating conversation ahead of general elections later this year.
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