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Volume 4, Issue 3

A note from the Executive Editor

Volume 4, Issue 3 of Global Bangladesh includes 10 articles which explore a diverse set of issues. Sadequl Islam underscores the importance of social capital in inclusive economic development. Based on the insights of leading scholars such as Putnam, Coleman, and Bourdieu, Islam explores different...
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Promoting social capital in Bangladesh amid rising inequality

In March 2026, I participated virtually in the First International Conference on Social Capital, organized by the International Social Capital Association held in Dubai. This write-up draws on my paper, “The Role of Social Capital in Intergenerational Mobility in an Age of Rising Inequality of...

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Bangladesh, 1972-2022…: Accomplishments, ‘Constants of Bad Governance’, and the looming crisis

After separating itself from Pakistan and emerging as an independent state in 1971, Bangladesh...
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The Delhi defection: Opening the diplomatic front of the Liberation War

On 6 April, 1971, my husband, KM Shehabuddin, became the first diplomat to defect...
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Liberation movement of Bangladesh and the historic role of progressive people of Shibpur

Bangladesh’s liberation could not be achieved only in the nine months liberation struggle had...
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১৯৭১-কেনো যেনো যুদ্ধে গেছি !

১. যতটা না দেশ প্রেমের টানে, তারচেয়ে বেশি এক অদ্ভূত রোমাঞ্চের টানে আমি যুদ্ধে...
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Reflections on pre-Liberation days, Liberation War, and Victory Day

Soon after the historic election of 7 December , 1970, I along with three...
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Canada’s role in the emergence of Bangladesh

This study focuses on the activities of the government of Canada, Canadian NGOs, Canadian...
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Bangladesh’s liberation: Contributions of the Left Movement

The liberation of a nation is a continuous process; it does not happen on...
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The elusive home

The story behind the story My wife Habiba and I recently attended a workshop...
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Remembering pioneering Bangladeshis: Dr. Farid Shariff & Dr. Mujibur Rahman

Dr Farid Uddin Khaled Shariff migrated to Canada in 1960, a few years after...

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Volume 4, Issue 3

A note from the Executive Editor

Volume 4, Issue 3 of Global Bangladesh includes 10 articles which explore a diverse...
Volume 4, Issue 3

Promoting social capital in Bangladesh amid rising inequality

In March 2026, I participated virtually in the First International Conference on Social Capital,...
Volume 4, Issue 3

Bangladesh’s job crisis – The government’s policy package and the Interim Government’s alternative initiative

On 16 September, the government unveiled a sweeping list of economic, energy, welfare and...
Volume 4, Issue 3

Reassess the economics of Bangladesh’s global influence

Does Bangladesh need a wider diplomatic footprint when a permanent policy platform at home...

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