Intern @Shanghai Daily (China Biz Buzz)

Master's Student @Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Alumnus of North South University

Bangla Roots. Shanghai Routes.

This site is my running field note, travel diary, and late-night thought dump—all rolled into one. I’m Sakir Mohammad: Bangladeshi by birth, Shanghai grad-student by postcode, and a lifelong collector of quirky stories about media, politics, and the people caught in between.

Research Papers

Rahman, H., Mohammad, S., & Swarna, S. T. (2024). Voices in peril: Understanding English public speaking anxiety among university students in Bangladesh. Cogent Education, 11(1), Article 2355381. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2355381

Mohammad, S. (2025). পরিসংখ্যানের বাইরে: সাংহাইয়ের শিক্ষা জীবনের অন্য গল্প [Beyond the statistics: Another story of education life in Shanghai]. In B. Siddiqui & M. Xiaoyan (Eds.), বাংলাদেশের নতুন প্রজন্মের চোখে চীন [China through the eyes of Bangladesh’s new generation]. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Prothoma/প্রথমা. https://pbs.com.bd/book/2507194/bangladesher-notun-projonmer-chokhe-china

Mohammad, S. (in press). YouTube, politics, and power: Indian narratives of the Bangladesh July uprising (2024). In H. Rahman & D. I. Manik (Eds.), Critical media perspectives on the 2024 Bangladesh uprising. Bloomsbury Academic. (To be published in 2026).

Koirala, S., & Mohammad, S. (in press). Resilience in the face of gendered disinformation: The challenging journey of women journalists in South Asia. In H. Wasserman (Ed.), ICA Routledge handbook on disinformation and the media. (To be published in 2026).

Shamsuzzaman, M., Rahman, H., & Mohammad, S. (n.d.). Marginalization of the humanities in tertiary education: Re-conceptualizing the axiology of education in Bangladesh. Manuscript under review, SAGE Open.

Selected Opinion/Feature Pieces

The Buisness Standard

Scammed and deceived: The threat of online disinformation

Shanghai Daily

Romance 3.0: No ghosting, simply paywalls

The Daily Star

Why study public policy and governance?

Contribution to the Newspapers (Op-eds/Features)

Romance 3.0: No ghosting, simply paywalls

Original Publication: https://www.citynewsservice.cn/news/Romance-30-No-ghosting-simply-paywalls-7kr5gxen

The great Bangladeshi disinformation Olympics (The Daily Observer), 30 May, 2025

Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news/527855

AI will threaten jobs in our labour-intensive industries (The Daily Observer), 1 May, 2025

Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news/523486

A daily sip of Oolong tea is a Chinese secret to longevity (The Daily Observer), 19 April 2025

Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news/521523

How China's media highlight Yunus's visit (The Daily Observer), 12 April, 2025

Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news/520527

Scammed and deceived: The threat of online disinformation (The Business Standard), 21 February, 2025

Original Publication: https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/scammed-and-deceived-threat-online-disinformation-1074496

Rethinking trust: Do Bangladeshi university students trust traditional media? (Dhaka Tribune), 18 May, 2024

Original Publication: https://www.dhakatribune.com/amp/opinion/op-ed/346792

Why study public policy and governance? (The Daily Star), 14 May, 2024

Original Publication: https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/why-study-public-policy-and-governance-3609856

Deepfakes and Bangladesh general election 2024 (Dhaka Tribune), 25 September, 2023

Original Publication: https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/326286/deepfakes-and-bangladesh-general-election-2024

The urgency of good AI (Dhaka Tribune), 13 June, 2023

Original Publication: https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/313359/the-urgency-of-good-ai

Stopping online misinformation (Dhaka Tribune), 01 May, 2023

Original Publication: https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/310139/stopping-online-misinformation

Why not a PhD from a Bangladeshi private university?, 08 January, 2023

Original Publication: https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/why-not-phd-bangladeshi-private-university-3215606

বেসরকারি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে পিএইচডি করার সুযোগ থাকবে না কেন (প্রথম আলো), ০৯ নভেম্বর, ২০২২

Original Publication: https://www.prothomalo.com/opinion/column/4ou6aoay38

Speak up: Why public speaking should be taught in our high schools (Dhaka Tribune), 28 October, 2022

Original Publication: https://www.dhakatribune.com/op-ed/2022/10/28/speak-up-why-public-speaking-should-be-taught-in-our-high-schools

Cases and causes of ‘benevolent sexism’ in Bangladesh (The Daily Observer), 9 September, 2022

Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=383013

Rising inflation in Bangladesh: A land of the future poor (The Daily Observer), 26 August, 2022

Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=380821

Public Speaking in the time of Corona" (The Bangladesh Today), September 5, 2020

Original Publication: https://thebangladeshtoday.com/

Extracurriculars

Class Representative, 2024 Cohort
School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

· Nominated as Class Representative for the English Master's program to serve as the liaison between the department, class coordinator, and cohort members.

· Responsible for ensuring timely communication and disseminating important updates and announcements to the cohort.

Organizer, TEDxBashundharaRd
Dhaka, Bangladesh | February 2023

Organized an independently licensed TED event themed “Unleashing the Power of Collective Imagination,” managing speaker coordination, sponsorship acquisition, and audience engagement for 200+ participants.

Editor in Chief (Founder): April 1, 2022- April 2023

NSU Journal of Student Research (The first student research journal in Bangladesh)

● Recruited associate editors and student delegates and raised BDT 50,000 funds for the inauguration, journal office decoration, and first issue publication

● Organized regular free research workshops for the students

● Published the first issue of the journal

Area Director, Toastmasters International: July 1, 2020 - July 1, 2021

District 41 (North and East India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal)

● Conducted training on public speaking, leadership & networking opportunities for the members of 5 Toastmasters Clubs and built a new club: Bashundhara Toastmasters Club

President: July 2019-July 31st, 2020

North South University Toastmasters Club (First University-Based Toastmasters Club in Bangladesh)

● Earned President Distinguished Club recognition by Toastmasters International

● Organized Public Speaking Workshop with 500 participants