Opinion

Mon, 20 Jan 2025, 10:48 pm

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Opinion

World would be better off without NATO

IF YOU believed the two central tenets of western dogma and propaganda about the Ukraine war, namely that Russia’s invasion was unprovoked and that Moscow has imperial ambitions beyond Ukraine’s

Rumours point to west’s paranoia

REUTERS carried a speculative report earlier this month (reversed the next day) that Indian prime minister Narendra Modi might not attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg in person and furthermore

Words written at 80

WORDS come to meaning within the context of expression, which is time and place. Call it the stage upon which actors — words — are confined. Maybe they can break

Fitch downgrades US debt rating

ON TUESDAY, Fitch Ratings, one of the leading three US credit rating agencies, announced: The US’s long-term foreign-currency issuer defaulting rating would be downgraded. Among other factors pushing this downgrading,

Struggles of Black and African history in Britain

THE University of Chichester has unilaterally announced that it will suspend the important MRes (Master by Research) on ‘The History of Africa and the African Diaspora’. This decision was abruptly

Ukraine and the world order

The war in Ukraine is not just about territory. It’s about the future of global governance, writes John Feffer AS THE Cold War began to wane, multipolarism became a rallying cry

How to get aid to millions in Syria now

The UN mandate that allowed humanitarian agencies to send aid through a single border crossing in northern Syria has lapsed. The future of such deliveries is now worryingly unclear, write Cathrin

Stormy waters in American politics

THE American political landscape has suddenly been inundated with a lot of talk about ‘investigations’ on both sides of the divide. While Donald Trump awaits a looming third indictment, in

Is tipping for services at tipping point?

IN SIMPLE words, a tip is defined as a voluntary payment of an amount of money, customarily offered by a customer to a service provider or worker, such as in

Are Tarique Rahman, BNP above law?

A question rattles in my mind as to whether BNP’s convicted acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his party have any impunity. Reason behind the question is that some political leaders