Opinion

Wed, 22 Jan 2025, 07:11 am

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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

Rethinking Sharia and democracy

According to a recent survey, half of all Iranians say that they have left Islam as a religion, while two-thirds believe Islamic law should be excluded from their legal system.

New Hope to Solve Irrigation Problems in Bangladesh

The management of water resources is of utmost importance to agriculture in Bangladesh. With a population projected to reach 175.0 million by 2025 and scarcity of land, the country has

Museums with guilt complexes

To celebrate the bicentenary of the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone, the British Museum is running an exhibition entitled ‘Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt’ until February 2023, writes Shady Lewis Botros THE

Perils of pious neoliberalism

Amid extreme wealth inequality, Vijay Prashad considers the appeal of reactionary new religious traditions that measure salvation in the present balance of your bank account. THE International Labour Organisation’s ‘Global Wage Report

Lessons learnt in internet’s darkest corners

Tech executives love to talk about the value of ‘connection’ and their goals of ‘connecting’ the world. Almost two decades into the social media era, we should know better than

The economic realities we face at the end of 2022

ECONOMIES around the world were shocked and damaged over the course of 2022. Global capitalism had been brewing conflicts among the major powers (the United States, China, and the EU)

On justice for Kashmir

AMONG the self-determination struggles of our time, Kashmir is at risk of being forgotten by most of the world (except for Pakistan), while its people continue to endure the harsh

Biden kills resolution to end Yemen war

SENATOR Bernie Sanders has withdrawn his bill to end US support for the Saudi war on Yemen following reports that the Biden administration was working to tank the resolution, with

Afghanistan war mustn’t be forgot

WHEN the Pentagon used NATO to provoke Russia into invading Ukraine, it had to know that one of the great benefits to such an invasion would be that it would

How to end ‘global empire of capital’

HUMANITY faces a grim fate because the global ruling class refuses to depart from the capitalist status quo even as their quest to maximize profits intensifies the climate crisis and