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Opinion

Desperate people cannot be pushed too much by either government or IMF

Sri Lanka’s new government after the presidential election will face huge challenges, ranging from economic recovery to dealing with corruption and addressing potential issues of renewed ethnic conflict if the

Venezuela: attempted coup by any other name

‘We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.’ — Elon Musk, July 25, 2020, Twitter ONCE again, as in 2002, Venezuela has been the victim of a combined media

War clouds in ME

WITH the targeted assassination of Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran on July 30 and a Hezbollah commander in Beirut a day before, the Middle East is once again overcast

Israel could set Middle East further aflame

The likelihood of an expanding regional war is now exponentially higher –with the danger of a much more direct conflict between Israel and Iran, and the possibility of even greater

What it’s like for Palestinian women living through the Gaza genocide

WHILE the world often focuses on the political and military aspects of Gaza, the daily realities encountered by women are frequently overlooked. Women in Gaza bear heavy burdens, demonstrating remarkable

Unbearable anthropocentrism of our world in data

HOW billionaire elites help fund an Oxford statistics lab that makes the destruction of Earth look just great. Roughly a decade ago, a 30-year-old economic statistician at Oxford University named

A tale of two student movements

THIS article brings two student movements in Bangladesh together. The juxtaposition will tell many things about the nation and its people — it’s past, present, and future. It will help

Killings and repression must stop

ON JUNE 5, a High Court bench declared illegal a government circular issued in 2018, which abolished the 30 per cent quota for the dependents of the freedom fighters. In

Struggle for quality health care

IN BANGLADESH, seeking medical attention can often feel like embarking on a journey fraught with uncertainty and frustration. The process of consulting a doctor, whether in a public hospital or

Common Lanka candidate excites popular imagination

THE presence of a Tamil common candidate would mean that the Tamil voter in the north and east would lose the option of voting for one of the three candidates