Opinion

Argument for university status for seven colleges

by Sabbir Ahmed Chowdhury : THE seven colleges under consideration — Dhaka College, Eden Mohila College, Government Titumir College, Kabi Nazrul Government College, Begum Badrunnesa Government Girls’ College, Shaheed Suhrawardy

An elite force under scrutiny

THE Rapid Action Battalion was formally established on March 26, 2004, under the Armed Police Battalion (Amendment) Act, 2003, as an elite law enforcement unit in Bangladesh, operating under the

Israel’s extremists have plan for day after genocide

Under the slogan ‘Gaza is Ours, Forever’, a large number of Israeli extremists and right-wing politicians met in the settlement of Be’eri, near the Gaza border region, on October 20–21.

How BRICS redefines global cooperation

Imran Khalid : THE 16th BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, felt like a deliberate contrast to the annual IMF and World Bank meetings taking place in Washington. The timing couldn’t

Israel’s assassination campaign

HM Nazmul Alam : IN RECENT times, Israel’s geopolitical calculus has taken even more aggressive steps and strategies, executing the high-profile assassinations of Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh

Lebanon vs Israeli savagery

by As‘ad AbuKhalil: THE Israeli war machine is accelerating its attacks on North Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank and as far away as Yemen. It even hit Egypt ‘by mistake.’

Historical lessons and their relevance today

by M Riazul Islam: THROUGHOUT history, scholars have grappled with the question of why some nations flourish while others fall into decline. Two landmark works — Why Nations Fail (2012)

Israel’s war on the world

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas JS Davies : Each new week brings new calamities for people in the countries neighboring Israel, as its leaders try to bomb their way to