Opinion

Thu, 28 Nov 2024, 07:51 pm

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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

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Decolonising the mind

It requires a rejection of what passes for news and conventional wisdom, writes Margaret Kimberly IT IS vital to free ourselves from belief in the systems of white supremacy and imperialism

Afghan refugee confronts his past

FLIGHT does not end when you arrive in another country. ‘Flee’ presents this conclusion already in its title, with the verb in the present rather than the past tense. Amin

Tatmadaw, ARSA, Arakan army, Yaba economy

BANGLADESH is in a spot as far as Myanmar is concerned. Not that Myanmar is doing much better having to fight just about every ethnic group in the country. Given

Climate crisis, GDP and working people — III

IDENTIFYING the GDP’s limitations help find the losses the working people have to make, untold yet, due to climate crisis, although it’s the working people that bear the most. The

Climate crisis, GDP and working people – II

AS IS known, the gross domestic product, dating back to the 1930s, and innovated by Simon Kuznets, appraises the value of goods and services produced in an economy in a

Remember victims of Britain’s monarchy, empire

WHAT is the federal government asking us to commemorate when it declares next Monday a holiday to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s death? Monarchy? Empire? Colonialism? Class rule? Genetic determination? Unquestioned

Resource-rich, but poor

AHUNNA Eziakonwa, Director, United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Africa, in her recent blog asked, ‘Why is the continent with 60 per cent of the world’s arable land unable

Monarchs belong in dustbin of history

THE fawning adulation of Queen Elizabeth in the United States, which fought a revolution to get rid of the monarchy, and in Great Britain, is in direct proportion to the

Challenges of approaching Santal governance system

MD MOTIUR Rahman and his research team deserve accolades for their work, ‘Customary Institutions, Judiciary Structure and the Laws of Santal: Contemporary Challenge and Reality’. A book published by the

Pakistan’s climate catastrophe

The inaction of developed countries could cost us the world, writes Robert Sandford MONSOON flooding has occurred often in Pakistan but never to the catastrophic extent presently happening. A distinguishing feature