Fri, 22 Nov 2024, 05:23 pm
Opinion

‘My body shut down’

Frances Tiafoe blamed his heartbreaking five-set US Open semi-final defeat to Taylor Fritz on cramping after his ‘body shut down’. Tiafoe twice led in the match but the final set

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Reforms needed in int’l crimes tribunals law

THE interim government has decided to try the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the international crimes tribunal, accusing her of genocide and crimes against humanity during the student-led mass

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Arms embargo on Israel is not a radical idea, it’s the law

AS ISRAEL launches its largest military assault in the West Bank in twenty years, I cannot stop thinking about the people I met in the occupied territory. I think of

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Beyond bombs and bullets: the full tally of Gaza’s dead

For every person killed by direct violence in recent wars, another three to 15 died due to conflict-induced factors, mainly preventable diseases and hunger that resulted from losing access to

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Stakes are high for interim govt

WE WILL certainly bring home the benefits of this victory, which has been achieved through many sacrifices. To fulfil this expectation, the advisors to the interim government have been trying

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A new era in China-Africa cooperation

AS THE 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation approaches, the stage is set for a new chapter in Sino-African relations. From September 4 to 6, Beijing will host

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Needs-based planning a must for humanitarian response

AS I write this, Bangladesh is facing an unprecedented flood situation, the likes of which the country has not experienced in recent history. The sudden onset of flash floods has

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Theoretical reflections and historical parallels

ON JULY 22, Sheikh Hasina made a bold proclamation: ‘Sheikh Hasina does not flee.’ Yet, within just ten days, the immense pressure of a nationwide uprising forced her to flee

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Western hypocrisy in the global minerals scramble

WESTERN governments have finally realised that the energy transition is happening — and that the resources needed are mostly in Chinese hands. Transition minerals, by some dubbed the ‘new oil,’

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Getting prepared for Monkeypox

MONKEYPOX is a zoonotic disease with a presentation similar to smallpox. Clinical differentiation of the disease from smallpox and varicella is difficult. Laboratory diagnostics are the principal components of the

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