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Bitter harvests: Gaza ceasefire
TWINNING the terms ‘ceasefire’ and ‘Gaza’ seems not only incongruous but an obscene joke. This is largely because the ceasefire announced on January 15 between Israel and Hamas could haveReadMore
Arakan Army’s strategic mastery in Rakhine
Kawsar Uddin Mahmud : THE Arakan Army on December 20, 2024 captured the headquarters of the Myanmar military’s western command in Ann town, marking a historic occasion for the organisation’sReadMore
The ceasefire charade
Chris Hedges: ISRAEL, going back decades, has played a duplicitous game. It signs a deal with the Palestinians that is to be implemented in phases. The first phase gives IsraelReadMore
Reimagining electoral future
by Habib Zafarullah: BANGLADESH is at a turning point in its journey towards democracy. There are big decisions that need to be made that will sculpt its political future. InReadMore
Battery recycling: a discounted path to environmental risk
Md Zahurul Al Mamun: LET’S talk about something quite common in Bangladesh: trade-in discounts for old batteries. You have probably seen it — hand in your old IPS or carReadMore
Mechanisms need to fit in with Lanka gov’s ethos
Jehan Perera : THE government has two sets of problems coming from the past, one external to it and the other internal, but both interconnected. The external problems include theReadMore
The west makes war, the east, peace
Eve Ottenberg : WHILE the west subsidises carnage in Gaza and Ukraine, the east does the opposite. For instance, one potential far east flashpoint has long been the India/China border,ReadMore
