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Mahfuz Anam
Editor and publisher, The Daily Star
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Tribute by Mahfuz Anam: Mizanur Rahman, a life of excellence achieved through sheer willpower
He wanted to be an excep-tional journalist, and he was. It was as if he willed himself to be what he wanted to be. -
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Fearful public, vengeful police
Here is a story that should alert us all. On December 29, a law student named Rejaul Karim Reja, 30, was having tea with friends at a roadside tea stall around 8 pm near his home in Barisal town. -
Commentary by Mahfuz Anam: A dehumanising year
The question of the moment is with what learning we are entering the new year. -
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Ignoring allegations is not the answer, investigating them is
The Election Commission (EC) must be above question. But to be so, it must answer all questions. To ignore, evade, downplay or malign citizens who ask the questions is the surest way to sow doubt in the public mind that an attempt is being made to hide, something that is neither good for the EC and definitely not for the future of democracy. -
Column by Mahfuz Anam: With gratitude to Trump - he woke us up to the vulnerabilities of democracy
The United States has always grabbed global attention for just being what is it—the United States.
