How does it feel to live in a society that seems to be melting from the bottom up, as well as from the top down? On one end of the pendulum, you see one of your country’s biggest loan defaulters, aka one of the “Crazy Rich Asians,” throwing a lavish wedding party in the Middle […]
HISTORY is filled with failed planners and plans, threats thought of that did not eventuate, and threats unthought of that found their way into the books. The AUKUS agreement is an attempt to inflate a threat by developing a number of fictional capabilities in an effort to combat an inflated adversary. The checklist of imminent […]
WHAT are workers? Are they human beings? Do they have only a bundle of muscles but, no brains? How do they feel and how do they think? Do they think at all? What do they face in their life — in factories, in foundries and other shops, in assembly lines, in unions? Workers’ answers to […]
BENJAMIN Netanyahu, in collaboration with Kahanist Itamar Ben-Gvir and a cohort of other fascists, has been executing a judicial coup which guts so-called Israeli democratic institutions and threatens liberal reforms. Many Israelis are infuriated. They have always viewed Israel as either part of Europe or the United States’ 51st state. ‘The only democracy in the […]
TODAY, I celebrate my one-year anniversary serving as the US ambassador to Bangladesh. In the past year, I have had the honour to visit many places in this beautiful country. I have seen fascinating places throughout Dhaka, as well as in the Sunderbans, Rajshahi, and Cox’s Bazar. I have been privileged to meet Bangladeshis of […]
Leading fashion brand Sailor makes its mark in Rangpur. This outlet was officially inaugurated on 11th March. The 5400 sq ft outlet is situated on GL Roy Road of the city. Sailor always accommodates the local components to design its outlets, so in its interior customers will experience the history of the district, geographical aspects […]
THE United States, the European Union and the United Nations remained passive about Bangladesh’s controversial national elections held in 2014 and 2018 while India fully supported the retention of power by the Awami League through those polls. The west remained passive understandably because they did not want the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Jamaat alliance to win because […]
