Opinion

Thu, 28 Nov 2024, 12:45 am

শিরোনাম :

Maiden century by Varma gives India unbeatable series lead Bangladesh’s interim govt head for attracting more foreign investment in manufacturing sector 7 weak banks get Tk 6,585cr from 10 strong banks Professor Yunus to inaugurate waiting lounge at Dhaka airport HC declares immunity provision in quick rental act illegal BNP demands advanced treatment for July uprising victims Labour counsellor in Geneva called back over harassment of Asif Nazrul Ex-Dhaka-7 lawmaker Solaiman Salim arrested Hope for Rohingya rights and dignity SC stays HC order doubling Khaleda’s sentence in Zia Orphanage Trust Case

Opinion

The failed Ukrainian peace deal

RUSSIAN president Vladimir Putin, during his meeting in St. Petersburg with a delegation of African countries last week, presented the draft of an agreement which was ‘preliminarily signed’ with Ukraine

The half serious cold war and Taiwan

WOULD Antony Blinken be visiting China if there was considerable interest to reduce the so-called rising ‘hostility’ between the two superpowers? There were not too many secretaries of state visiting

Sri Lanka: think 2048, act now

THE present stability in the country is taken as an indication that the situation is improving. The law and order, drop in inflation and absence of visible shortages, such as

Partners in doomsday

As Ukraine begins a counter-offensive and Biden’s hawks look on, new rhetoric out of Russia points to a revival of the nuclear threat, writes Seymour Hersh I WAS planning to write

AI, job loss and productivity growth

IT IS really painful to see the regular flow of pieces debating whether AI will lead to mass unemployment. Invariably, these pieces are written as though the author has taken

AI and US 2024 presidential election

ON APRIL 25, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, president Joe Biden confirmed that yes, he is running for re-election. Hardly had the words escaped Biden’s lips before the Republican

Time ripe to end Lanka’s ancient hatreds

THE arrest of parliamentarian and leader of the Tamil National People’s front Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam would be yet another incident that feeds into the sense of unequal treatment of individuals and

Historical conflicts in Manipur

Tribal communities feel that the BJP-led state government is participating in perilous communal politics by backing the Meiteis as ‘Hindus’, against the tribal people who are predominantly Christian, writes Ranjan Solomon

India’s ‘Akahnd Bharat’ map and the rest of us

WHY a state which is run by practical-minded adults, perfectly aware of regional and global sensibilities, would want to do something as painting a mythological map covering much of the

When Thatcher met Mandela

BRITISH officials feared Nelson Mandela would nationalise South Africa’s economy and lobbied him to protect British commercial interests as soon as he gained freedom. The UK’s Foreign Office set out