Opinion

Where does the national political future lie?

Md Obaidullah and Md Sohrab Hossen : BANGLADESH won its second freedom on August 5, 2024, after a bloody mass movement against the authoritarian rule of Sheikh Hasina, who has

Prospect of ICJ Masalit genocide case

Quazi Omar Foysal : SUDAN’S surprise move to institute proceedings against the United Arab Emirates before the International Court of Justice on March 5, 2025, alleging that the latter is

How mass unemployment fuels crime

by HM Nazmul Alam: THE past seven months have witnessed an alarming trend in Bangladesh — 95 factories in key industrial areas such as Gazipur, Savar, Narayanganj, and Narsingdi have

The peculiar case of India-Bangladesh relations

Ali Ahmed Ziauddin : FRIENDS or foes? Neither can decide! At best it’s peculiar, at worst, vague and a sordid affair. Both, until recently, claimed to be best friends, ie,

Mob justice is no justice

Mohammad Rashed Alam Bhuiyan : THE term ‘mob justice’ has recently been widely discussed. It refers to a situation when a chaotic mob ignores the law or the judicial system,

Serajul Islam Choudhury: In Bangladeshi culture, there is no shortage of poverty and inequality. The two are more interconnected than it seems, and in fact, the latter invariably engenders the former.

Trump’s deal-making and western security

Imran Khalid : WHEN Volodymyr Zelenskyy penned his letter to Donald Trump, he wasn’t merely addressing to the president of the United States, he was appealing to a man who

Washington’s IMF stranglehold

by Vijay Prashad: In the deeply undemocratic institution, the US effectively holds a veto over any major changes and molds policies according to its whims, writes Vijay Prashad YES, the headline