Tue, 22 Jul 2025, 07:48 pm
Opinion

Contexts of liberation war – III

A SMALL Muslim army invaded Sindh as early as the 8th century but arrived as traders in both the Malabar coast and Bengal by the 10th-11th centuries. However, it was

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When the dead speak and the living refuse to listen

THE problem with writing about Gaza is that words can’t explain what’s happening in Gaza. Neither can images, even the most gut-wrenching and heartbreaking. Because what needs to be explained

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Israeli lies about ‘Hamas stealing aid’

Western journalists, having promoted Israel’s claims for more than a year and half,  have grown entirely insensible to their active collusion in genocide, writes Jonathan Cook ISRAEL’S claim that Hamas is

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Collateral damage and Trump’s tariff

BY THE time Washington and Beijing released their latest joint statement on May 12 — ostensibly pressing pause on a spiralling tariff war — much of the world exhaled in

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Not in the name of Islam

WAZ mahfils — Islamic religious sermons rooted in centuries of South Asian Islamic tradition — have long served as spaces for spiritual guidance, communal unity, and a shared moral framework

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Rethinking ‘sex work’: Why the victim narrative hurts more than it helps

WHEN the government forcefully evicted sex workers from the brothels of Tanbazar, Narayanganj, in 1999, they did so under the guise of ‘rehabilitation’, claiming it was to rescue women from

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Genocide and engineered collapse of Gazan society

CONSEQUENT to the escalated Zionist genocide of Indigenous Palestinian people, and after a blockade of all goods since the beginning of March 2025, Gaza is experiencing a severe humanitarian crisis,

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Demise of a political scientist

The ink has dried, the pages closed, The scholar’s journey now disclosed. … A universe they explored inside. The answers sought, the truths revealed, A legacy they left sealed. No

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Resuming SAARC, renewing friendship

THE late poet and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi described a strange method of writing film songs, which has come to bear a close resemblance to the method in prime minister

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Rethinking Dhaka’s access to nature

SOME parts of Dhaka are undoubtedly more beautiful and more breathable than others. When one thinks of spaces in the city to enjoy fresh air or the tranquillity of water,

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