Editorial

Proxy war between United States and China Annegret Bendiek, Nadine Godehardt and David Schulze THE geopolitical significance of key digital technologies now takes centre stage in a new global conflict between the US and China. The dispute over the Chinese technology group Huawei exemplifies this situation. The US government perceives the Chinese telecom equipment provider […]

Senator Warren warns of US economic “crash” Nick Beams DEMOCRATIC Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has warned of a crash of the US economy on the scale of the 2008 financial meltdown or even worse. In a commentary published Monday on Medium titled “The Coming Economic Crash and How to Stop It” she says […]

Priya Saha vis-à-vis ulterior motive Like a bolt from the blue a rather unfamiliar name, Mrs. Priya Saha, hit the headlines of print and electronic media across the globe the content of which gave many people a stupefying bewilderment. Even though she spoke of lack of safety of the monority people in Bangladesh, the situation […]

Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim THE VISION OF a literate world has guided the United Nations in its efforts to eliminate illiteracy worldwide. According to UNESCO, the world literacy rate now stands at 91 percent up from 79 per cent in 1980. In the Arab region, the literacy rate is currently at 86 per […]

Flood- affected people vis-à-vis chasing sensationalism: Vacillating position of the media Syed M. Fuad AS OF July 22, 2019, northern regions of Bangladesh have been afflicted by some of the worst floods in recent years. Rain-swollen rivers have broken through embankments, and according to International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), hundreds […]

General (Retd) H.M. Ershad passes away Death is an inevitable phenomenon that happens to all mortals. Jatiya Party chief and former head of state H M Ershad, who breathed his last at a ripe old age of 89, will be remembered by his party colleagues as well as beneficiaries to whom he was a benefactor. […]

Pedro Conceição THE first Human Development Report (HDR) began, “People are the real wealth of nations.” That 1990 report marked a turning point in the global development debate. During the second half of the 20th century there were growing concerns about the tyranny of gross domestic product (GDP). Many decision-makers seemed to believe that economic […]

Cricket World Cup 2019: It’s homecoming for England Shahabuddin Ahmad IN A DRAMATIC, breathtaking and inexplicable manner the Cricket World Cup final was played on July 14th 2019. England defeated New Zealand with more number of boundaries to lift the coveted trophy for the first time at Lord’s after 44 years. As the 50-over clash […]

SHEIKH HASINA’S VISIT TO CHINA Rohingya Muslim crisis: A glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel For evidently cogent reasons it afforded all and sundry in this country a piece of consoling repose—like a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel—when during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s meeting on 05 July in […]

Tharanga Yakupitiyage DESPITE the United Nations Security Council’s task of protecting civilians, millions around the world are still being displaced and killed with little to no accountability for perpetrators. Marking 20 years since the UN Security Council included the protection of civilians in its agenda, the group convened for an open debate on the subject. […]