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South Africa backs extension of US–Africa trade deal as companies brace for tariff pressures

Bangladesh, Jan. 14 -- South Africa has welcomed a move by the United States Congress to extend a key trade preference program for African countries, describing it as an important source of short-term... Read More


While Awami League is near to extinction, its exiled leaders are busy with cracks, champagne and concubines

Bangladesh, Jan. 13 -- Bangladeshs oldest political party – Awami League is visibly approaching extinction as most of its key figures are in several foreign countries, with its president Sheikh ... Read More


Trump's Tariff Gambit: Will It Deepen Cohension Among Global South?

New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- There are wars that begin with missiles and those that begin with memos. Donald Trump's latest economic offensive belongs firmly to the second category. A 500 percent tariff thre... Read More


Iranians must not Jump from fire to frying pan

Bangladesh, Jan. 12 -- History is rarely kind to societies that mistake collapse for liberation. Iran today stands at precisely such a crossroads. As nationwide protests intensify—from Ilam and ... Read More


Armenia–Azerbaijan peace deal faces critical test of momentum

Bangladesh, Jan. 11 -- More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union ignited violent disputes across the South Caucasus, Armenia and Azerbaijan stand closer to lasting peace than at a... Read More


Yunus administrations calculated stand against terrorists in Gaza

Bangladesh, Jan. 10 -- There are moments in foreign policy when hesitation costs more than action. Bangladeshs interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus, appears to have understood that truth at a cri... Read More


Trumps 500% tariff gambit: Washington risks an undeclared economic war with the Global South

Bangladesh, Jan. 9 -- There are wars that begin with missiles and those that begin with memos. Donald Trumps latest economic offensive belongs firmly to the second category. A 500 percent tariff threa... Read More


Trumps Venezuela coup signals return to Monroe Doctrine and Jungle law

Bangladesh, Jan. 8 -- The shockwaves from the forcible removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the United States have yet to settle. Initial disbelief has already given way to something... Read More


Trumps Apache helicopter claim rekindles US–India tensions and raises credibility questions

Bangladesh, Jan. 7 -- US President Donald Trump has once again stirred controversy in India by making a claim that New Delhi says is factually incorrect, politically loaded, and diplomatically awkward... Read More


How external meddling, Islamist extremism, and state silence are tearing at Bangladeshs soul

Bangladesh, Jan. 6 -- Bangladesh is no stranger to political turbulence. But what the country is witnessing today—the serial killing of Hindu citizens across multiple districts—marks a dar... Read More