Wed, 27 Nov 2024, 10:36 pm
Opinion

Inflation or greed-flation

JUNE is the month of public fear in Bangladesh because the declaration of the budget in this month invariably pushes the prices of necessities further upward. This year, such an

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Lanka: international priority heeded

THE stock market boomed after the much-awaited domestic debt restructuring programme, but the national economy continues to be in deep trouble. It does not seem to have the productive capacity

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Uzra Zeya’s ambitious India visit

UZRA Zeya is president Joe Biden’s human rights point person. Her July 8-14 visit to Bangladesh and India is being seen as important to Biden’s interest in sprucing up his

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Modi lies to US public once again

INDIA’S prime minister, Narendra Modi, spoke at the joint session of the US Congress on June 23. It is his second official trip and speech in seven years. He said,

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All we should know about dengue

DENGUE is the most widely distributed mosquito-borne viral disease. It continues to spread rapidly because of climate change, rapid urbanisation and population growth. These conditions create a high population density

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Sketch of a jab and resistance

THE mainstream abstains from discussing two aspects of the partition, a dagger-act: the harm to people’s struggle for a democratic, dignified life free from injustice and exploitation, and resistance by

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Does Islamic extremism have a future in Bangladesh?

IT IS a multi-layered question, which, therefore, has multiple answers. Extremism itself has many layers — from violent extremism to structural extremism — and, like all extremism, threatens the state.

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After Afghanistan and Iraq, they are lying about Ukraine

The US public has been conned, once again, into pouring billions into another endless war, writes Chris Hedges THE playbook the pimps of war use to lure us into one

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Sincerity needed, not one-off steps to reconcile

THE on-going session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is proof enough that the international quest for justice and accountability in Sri Lanka is continuing. UN Human Rights

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The global hypocrisy of rescuing the Titan

RESCUE efforts to find and rescue the passengers of the Titan submersible who had ventured into the Atlantic Ocean to view the remains of the Titanic have, as of this

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