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politics or forming any new party. But what do we do when we receive reports from our correspondents that district administrators are making lists of so-called clean politicians and that many of them are being visited by the powers that be goading them to join the new so-called king's party? What do we do when senior leaders of both the BNP and the AL tell us of powerful visitors asking them to move against their party leaders or face corruption charges? We would like to strongly suggest that this is no way to strengthen democracy. Just as '
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their interest in providing financial and technical support for the establishment of a national philanthropic foundation and formally requested Mr. Mahfuz Anam, Editor, The Daily Star, to serve as the
Chairperson of an Advisory Committee to oversee the process. ?The Foundation was then formally registered as a trust in September 1997 with Mr. Mahfuz Anam and Prof. Rehman Sobhan, Chairperson, Center for Policy Dialogue, as the founding Chairperson and Treasurer respectively
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Bangladesh Freedom Foundation emerged out of informal consultations between a group of eminent citizens and the Ford Foundation in the second half of the nineties following Ford Foundation's decision to close its Bangladesh operations. During these consultations, the Ford Foundation expressed
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One of Anam's most influential articles was "This is no way to strengthen democracy", which he wrote in response to Sheikh Hasina's detention by the military-backed caretaker government in 2007. In the article, he stated "We trust the chief of staff when he says that the Army is not involved in
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who also wanted to redefine democracy. His was quite a clever ploy and very original. In order to deprive the
Pakistanis of exercising their right to elect a government Zia said 'I cannot accept democracy where sovereignty belongs to the people. In my book sovereignty only belongs to Allah'. So
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project, Anam called the completion of the bridge's construction Sheikh Hasina's "finest hour". At the same time, his newspaper has faced pressure from the
Bangladesh government and intelligence agencies. Anam's newspaper suffered a short lived drop in revenue due to the Hasina administration
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Bangladesh's democratic transition. His criticism of the country's two largest political parties and the military has often resulted in him being sued; Anam dismisses the charges and the suits as attacks on press freedom. He was elected for a second term as chairman of the
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English-language newspaper in Bangladesh. It was launched as Bangladesh returned to parliamentary democracy a quarter of a century ago, and has always had a reputation for journalistic integrity and liberal and progressive views â a kind of Bangladeshi
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for reporting that a recently appointed judge had falsified his academic credentials; the court action had been filed by the judge's father. Under the Awami League government of Sheikh Hasina since 2009, Anam has faced 83 lawsuits, including 30 counts of criminal
561:. Censorship in Bangladesh meant there was little coverage of the scandalous accusations in the documentary. Anam called it "not a top-class work of investigative journalism". Anam also wrote a column openly addressed to the army chief General
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back in 1958 and he wanted to 'reinvent democracy according to the genius of the people' and we ended up having 'basic democracy' that was thoroughly rejected by our people, though it took a while. Much later in
Pakistan came General
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Zia-ul-Huq ran
Pakistan under his personal fiat, as accepting the sovereignty of the people was against his belief. Ask any Pakistani for the great and irreparable damage he had caused to their country". Indian columnist
381:. In his last posting in Bangkok, Anam served as UNESCO's Regional Media and Public Affairs Representative. While in Bangkok, Anam planned to set up a newspaper in Bangladesh with Syed Mohammad Ali, the former editor of
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regarding Ayub Khan's views on the "genius of the people". Anam's article was written amid fears of a direct military takeover in
Bangladesh; the army chief later ruled out any possibility of grabbing power.
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reforms. The newspaper quickly gained popularity in the capital
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for 14 years, Anam co-founded the newspaper with his mentor
1444:"Commentary by Mahfuz Anam: Sheikh Hasina's 'finest hour'"
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Anam is traditionally seen as a defender of the values of
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796:"Mahfuz Anam issues clarification on PM Hasina's remark"
1372:"[Mahfuz Anam] The challenge before Bangladesh"
729:"Mahfuz Anam elected Asia News Network's next chairman"
813:"Bangladeshi spies accused of blocking media adverts"
1631:"'Attempt to crush independent media' in Bangladesh"
1087:"'Attempt to crush independent media' in Bangladesh"
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884:"Abul Mansur Ahmad's 122nd birth anniversary today"
449:(NOAB). He also served as Secretary-General of the
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953:"Opinion | My Father, the Editor, Under Fire"
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754:"'Dr Yunus blocked Padma bridge funds': Hasina"
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866:"Abul Mansur Ahmad's 118th Birth Anniversary"
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1709:St. Gregory's High School and College alumni
1246:"Bangla Army chief rules out grabbing power"
845:"Discussion on Abul Mansur Ahmad held at JU"
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1410:. September 29, 2007. Archived from
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276:. Anam's older brother
264:Anam's eldest daughter
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1694:20th-century Bengalis
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827:"Man with the mirror"
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354:. He was awarded the
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1234:. February 11, 2016.
1194:. 16 December 2020.
1143:"About Organization"
1093:. February 18, 2016.
1057:. February 12, 2021.
940:. November 26, 2006.
902:"Ahmed, Abul Mansur"
890:. September 3, 2020.
872:. September 2, 2016.
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