Opinion

Manufactured freedom and myth of choice

Shakil Ahmad : WHAT if the most sinister achievement of modern capitalism is its ability to convince people that their suffering is entirely self-inflicted? Netflix’s Squid Game, which burst into

Revitalising people’s power

by Anwar Hossain Forhad : THE hope that the July uprising ignited appears to be fading after just one year. Those who once felt the experience of power are now

Netanyahu and taking over Gaza

Binoy Kampmark : TO SAY that Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had lost the plot is to assume he ever had one. With a dearth of ideas as to how

“I Feel Useless”: Sam Altman reacts to the power of ChatGPT-5

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said that he feels “useless” witnessing the capabilities of ChatGPT-5, the company’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) model. In a recent podcast, Mr Altman claimed that

A year behind us, future ahead

Reflecting on a father’s vision and the choices that now face a changed Bangladesh, write Sabrina Islam-Rahman and Naureen Islam IT HAS been one year since our father, ambassador Serajul Islam (Shobuj, as

A ‘blatantly theatrical display’

PALESTINIANS and international humanitarian groups were among those who denounced Friday’s (August 1) highly orchestrated tour of a Gaza aid distribution center run by a US-backed group condemned for its

US-Israel genocidal partnership

Norman Solomon : FOR decades, countless US officials have proclaimed that the bonds between the United States and Israel are unbreakable. Now, the ties that bind are laced with genocide.

The Gaza Riviera

Chris Hedges : ISRAELIS do not see the images of skeletal corpses of Palestinian children who they have starved to death as a curse. They do not see the slain