Opinion

Tue, 21 Jan 2025, 01:41 pm

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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

Ali Riaz on Bangladesh’s trials and tribulations

People inside Bangladesh are muzzled by the fear of torture and in many cases have to choose between democracy and death. Others have opted for silence and tacit approval of

A socialist survival tactic

DEFENDING itself from the extremely hostile bully to the north is old hat and a constant activity for Cuba. This was especially so, after the collapse of the USSR and

China bashing: Nikki Haley’s new mantra

IT APPEARS that in western election campaigns, criticising China has become a convenient and effective tactic for winning votes. Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina and US ambassador

Nuclear Armageddon games in Ukraine

IN 1946, Albert Einstein shot off a telegram to several hundred American leaders and politicians warning that the ‘unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of

Home: the most powerful influence on learning

THE most powerful influence on learning is a student’s home-life over which the teachers have no control. This is a crucial yet obvious fact that the federal and state governments

The death spiral of American journalism

The media caters to a particular demographic, telling that demographic what it already believes — even when it is unverified or false. This pandering defines the coverage of the Trump-Russia

How war changes feminist movement

Ukrainian feminists look back at the challenging year that has reinvigorated their activism and shaped their values, writes Kateryna Semchuk LIKE everyone else in Ukraine, feminist activists had to adapt quickly

New dawn for Turkish-Greek relations?

Greece is responding to the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey with great sympathy. Could it lead to an easing of tensions between the traditionally hostile neighbours? Ronald Meinardus writes A SENSE of profound

Can Guterres become Solon?

ANTONIO Guterres is the secretary general of the United Nations. Solon was an Athenian statesman, constitutional reformer, and poet of the late seventh and sixth century BCE, 630–560 BCE. More

From language to liberty

This Irish proverb — Tirgan teanga, tirgan anam — means a country without a language is a country without a soul. So does the Indonesian — Bahasa jiwa bangsa (language