Fri, 29 Nov 2024, 02:00 am
Opinion

Where next for Pakistan?

WHILST a few other things have been going on in the world, Pakistan has been going through political turmoil which shows little sign of abating soon. This has been little

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Padma Bridge opens for vehicles in a festive mood

At last after years of waiting the Padma Bridge was open for vehicular movement from Sunday morning. On the first day, people on buses, cars and motorcycles get on the

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WTO’s spectacular failure to fight Covid-19

The global body has proven itself unwilling to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry. Here’s what it means for the next crisis, writes Sarah Lazare NEARLY two years ago, in October

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Staying out of troubled waters

NUMEROUS countries of the developing south are distancing themselves from the contenders in the war in Ukraine, using the debate on the conflict to underscore their independence and pave the

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Time to go on the offensive

THE World Trade Organisation held its 12th Ministerial Meeting in Geneva from June 12 to 15. Little if anything was expected from the meeting except the usual exchanges of conflicting

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Workers’ summit exposes cracks in imperial façade

VALENTÍN, the man next to us in line as we made our way across the international border, asked what we had been doing in Tijuana. We had been at the

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An argument for deheroising democracies

THIS study explains that the notion of a cult hero is incompatible with democracy as a form of government. Heroes surface in all forms of government and thrive in empires,

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Lanka strays far from interim govt promise

Last time the attackers set only the politicians’ houses on fire. Next time they would target affluent and rich families too. They will attack everyone using luxury vehicles and those

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Silence of Israeli apartheid

WITHIN the cacophony of the Middle East and war in Ukraine, Israel’s brutal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza had drifted into the shadows. But the assassination of Al

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Land ports in connectivity, trade, growth

THE Bangladesh Land port Authority was set up in 2001 with the enactment of the Bangladesh Land Port Act 2001 by the parliament. So, the authorities,  as an organisation, are

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