Opinion

Ramna Park, a symbol of pluralism

by Obaidul Hamid : A MUST-GO-TO place for me during my frequent travels to Dhaka is Ramna Park in the heart of the capital city. I utilise this urban green

Genocide: the new normal

Chris Hedges: JOE Biden’s parting gift of $8 billion in weapons sales to the apartheid state of Israel acknowledges the gruesome reality of the genocide in Gaza. This is not

A fixable problem in Lanak govt’s vision

Jehan Perera : THE important promises of the NPP government to the people includes addressing the problem of corruption and waste. This was the centrepiece of the Aragalaya protests that

Mark Medish : JOE Biden keeps departing and Donald Trump keeps arriving. The soon-to-be former president and the still-future president are like comic-tragic characters in a political zombie film. Let’s

New police settlement and guidance

by Arbachin Abdullah : THE police, initially established as ‘stick forces’ in monarchies to serve as instruments of control for kings, have in modern times been redefined as protectors of

Defeat plastic before it wipes us out

Sazzadul Islam: THE presence of plastics, from the Himalayas’ peak to Challenger Deep — the deepest known point of the seabed of Earth — highlights plastic pollution as one of

Dhaka’s traffic maze: urban chaos

DHAKA is a city of stark contrasts — a centre of economic growth and cultural vibrancy yet plagued by one of the most crippling urban challenges: traffic congestion. Despite ambitious

Genocide, resistance and unanswered questions

Ramzy Baroud: THE story of the Israeli war on Gaza can be epitomised in the story of the Israeli war on Beit Lahia, a small Palestinian town in the northern