Opinion

Modi opponents labelled ‘anti-national’

by Arfa Khanum Sherwani: Aggressive propaganda is increasingly distorting public debate in India. Government agencies tolerate and sometimes even promote prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu chauvinism. Those daring to criticise

Decolonising bookshelf isn’t getting rid of Jane Austen

Rashmee Roshan Lall: THE headline in the Daily Telegraph was stark: ‘Jane Austen dropped from university’s English course to “decolonise the curriculum”’. The story was quickly picked up elsewhere. Austen

France stuck in extreme centre

by Diana Johnstone: After years of neoliberalism, French politics that venture outside the conformist centre’s unshakable loyalty to the Atlantic Alliance are now dangerously ‘extreme’, writes Diana Johnstone ON APRIL 24,

Who is the hero? Albright v Assange

by Lawrence Davidson: Lawrence Davidson checks on the answer, from inside and outside the establishment OUR image of a hero has two aspects. The first consists of generic, stereotypical traits: bravery,

Sri Lanka: the way forward

by Touhid Shipar Rafiquzzaman : SINCE the Anuradhapura period, Sri Lanka has long held the status of a major trading epicentre given its accessibility because of its geographical location and

Civilian deaths of US war on terror

by Nick Turse: MADOGAZ Musa Abdullah still remembers the phone call. But what came next was a blur. He drove for hours, deep into the Libyan desert, speeding towards the

Ticket seekers suffer terribly: Night-long Wait at Kamalapur Railway Station

Touhidul Islam, a resident of Araihazar in Narayanganj, came to Kamalapur railway station in the capital on Sunday noon to collect advance train tickets for a Rngpur-bound train. “I stood

Ukraine is pawn on grand chessboard

by Rick Sterling: ZBIGNIEW Brzezinski’s book The Grand Chessboard was published 25 years ago. His assumptions and strategies for maintaining US global dominance have been hugely influential in US foreign