Opinion

Mon, 20 Jan 2025, 11:34 am

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Israel continues strike on Syria military sites Rayo stymie Real’s climb to Liga summit Tk 14,000 set as minimum wage for cold storage workers BNP suggests reforms for public administration overhaul Probes, trials of war crimes cases stalled Coldwave hampers daily life across Bangladesh Dhaka becomes 3rd most polluted city with AQI score of 283 Body of JU student recovered from dormitory 550 individuals’ Tk 15,000cr frozen for investigation Financial Accountability: Critical step towards new future

Opinion

Solving climate change, or else

IN DECEMBER, the New York Times reported that ‘Earth is finishing up its warmest year in the past 174 years and very likely the past 125,000.’ (Though it’s not the

Costly failures of intelligence

‘It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.’ — Yogi Berra THE investment in intelligence collection and analysis continues to grow, and the failures of intelligence grow as

Legal bullying to silence campus critics of Israel

A SAD fact of jurisprudence in an unequal world is that good laws created to promote justice are often used perversely by the powerful to thwart justice. Title VI of

The rise of counter middle class?

ONCE most, if not all, thought of the middle class as a single monolithic social economic construct. This was particularly so during the period from 1947 to 1971. It was

Historical roots of Israel’s purge-purify strategy

Historical incentive to purge IN THE 16th century, the Catholic Church claimed to be the one true form of Christianity. Centred in Rome, it had ideologically created a largely unified

Origins of the communal divide

POWER that be deny it exists, extremists on both sides justify it, moderates lament it, yet, this festering social disease goes on spewing blood and hatred, not confined to the

Even ‘dummies’ term election unacceptable

WHEN the Awami League is in a self-congratulatory mood, indulging in complacence over its success in pulling off the 12th national elections, not even its own members and associates see

Decoding Iran’s missile and drone strikes

AFTER stunning missile and drone strikes on three countries — Syria, Iraq and Pakistan — over a period of 24 hours, Tehran then took the extraordinary step of claiming responsibility

Is dystopian science fiction becoming a reality?

HAVE you ever felt like you’re living in a badly produced B science fiction movie? I know I do. When I started writing about the dark side of emerging technologies

India rethinking strategy towards Myanmar

With Myanmar’s military junta losing ground to rebel outfits in certain parts of bordering Bangladesh, India, and China in recent weeks, New Delhi is said to be thinking of revisiting