snnsr019 Columnists |The Dally Star COLUMNISTS Wednesday, November 13, 2019 YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW Mahfuz Anam Editor and publisher, The Daily Star Brig Gen Shahedul Anam Khan nde, psc (Retd) The writer is Associate Editor, The Daily Star. Aasha Mehreen Amin Deputy Editor, Editorial & Op-ed, The Daily Star Syed Mansur Hashim Assistant Editor, The Daily Star Eresh Omar Jamal ‘The writer is a member of t @EreshOmarjamal 48 tps tnedaiystanevcolumnistssnnsr019 Columnists |The Dally Star Badiuzzaman Bay The writer is a member of the editorial team at The Daily Star. Tasneem Tayeb Acloser look Ali Riaz Ali Riaz is a professor at the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University (ISU), USA. His recent publication is entitled Bangladesh: A Political History since Independence (2016), Adnan Zillur Morshed Adnan Zillur Morshed, PhD, is an architect, architectural historian, urbanist, and public intellectual. He is a professor of architecture and architectural history at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and executive director of the Centre for Inclusive Architecture and Urbanism at BRAC University. Morshed received his Ph.D. and Master's in architecture from MIT, and BArch from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, where he also taught. He was a 2018 TEDxFoggyBottom speaker at George Washington University. He is the author of multiple books; among them, Impossible Heights: Skyscrapers, Flight, and the Master Builder (University Minnesota Press, 2015), Oculus: A Decade of Insights into Bangladeshi Affairs (University Press Limited, 2012), DAC, Dhaka in 25 Buildings (Altrim Publishers, Barcelona, 2017), and River Rhapsody: A Museum of Rivers and Canals (BRAC University, 2018), Abdullah Shibli Economist and IT professional working in Boston, USA ii tps tnedaiystanevcolumnists 28,snnsr019 Columnists |The Dally Star Fahmida Khatun ‘The writer is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue. Rubana Huq Managing Director, Mohammadi Group Saleemul Huq ‘The writer is Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development at the Independent University, Bangladesh. Email: [email protected] ave, Mahmood Hasan Former Ambassador and Secretary é Nizamuddin Ahmed ‘The writer is a practising Architect at BashaBari Ltd., a Commonwealth Scholar and a Fellow, ’ : a Baden-Powell Fellow Scout Leader, and a Major Donor Rotarian. Habibullah N Karim tps tnedaiystanevcolumnistssinsro19 Columnists |The Dally Star = Naveed Mahbub The writer is an engineer at Ford & Qualcomm USA and CEO of IBM & Nokia Siemens Networks Bangladesh turned comedian (by choice), the host of ABC Radio's Good Morning Bangladesh and the founder of Naveed's Comedy Club. E-mail: [email protected]. Milia Ali The writer is a renowned Rabindra Sangeet exponent and a former employee of the World Bank. Imtiaz A Hussain Nadine Shaanta Murshid Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work, University of Buffalo Muhammad Nurul Huda The writer is a columnist of The Daily Star. tps tnedaiystanevcolumnists 45,snnsr019 Columnists |The Dally Star Biru Paksha Paul ‘The writer is visiting fellow at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and guest faculty at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Dhaka University. Nahela Nowshin Journalist at The Daily star Amitava Kar ‘The writer is a member of The Editorial Team, The Daily Star. Write to him at tps tnedaiystanevcolumnists 95