Opinion

Destruction of Gaza healthcare infrastructure

JC Mueller : ON MARCH 23, 2025, Feroze Sidhwa — a surgeon working in Gaza — posted an urgent update on the social media platform X: ‘I was at Nasser

Trump and education department abolition

by Chinmay Prasun Biswas : ‘THE more they know, the less they obey’, this terrible dialogue of the Diamond King is currently the declared official policy of president Donald Trump.

A strong UN for a world in transition

by Graham Peebles : IN A display of staggering arrogance, even by its own standards, the United States administration recently sent a questionnaire to United Nations aid agencies, asking staff

Removing Lanka’s obstacles to development

SIX months into the term of office of the new government, the main positive achievements continue to remain economic and political stability and the reduction of waste and corruption. The

Virtual reality in higher education

Ariful Islam and Mohammad Fakhrul Islam : VIRTUAL reality is not just the future of education; it’s the present, reshaping how we learn, interact, and experience the world. As technology

SHARED LEGACY OF TEXTILES FROM BENGAL: Kolkata’s ‘land grab’ over Bangladesh’s ‘jamdani’

IMMIGRATION wasn’t easy at Kolkata’s Dum Dum airport. Instead of the multiple visitors expected from Bangladesh, there were only two of us, me and Chandra Shekhar da (a reputed textile

50TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY: Kazi Mohammad Idris’s ethical journalism

by Sameeo Sheesh : KAZI Mohammad Idris is a notable name in the journalism and literature of Bangladesh. He was born on November 11, 1906, in Munshipara, Rangpur city, and

Militarising Europe: EU defence spending bug

Binoy Kampmark : WE LIVE in dangerous times, and politicians are happy to be cheerleaders of that supposed fact. They do not care to reassure; they merely care to strike