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When power flatters itself: From graveyards to five-star ministries

Bangladesh, Jan. 27 -- There is something uniquely revealing about how a state allocates its dead—and its ministers. Graveyards, after all, are meant to be the great equalizer. Ministers residen... Read More


Islamic State-linked militants kill dozens in eastern DR Congo as security vacuum deepens

Bangladesh, Jan. 26 -- At least 25 civilians were killed in a brutal attack carried out by militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), a... Read More


Orban warns of war as NATO and EU expansion near Russias borders

Bangladesh, Jan. 25 -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has once again positioned himself as one of the most outspoken critics of NATO and European Union policies toward Russia, warning that cont... Read More


Ukraines blackout is a failure of Zelenskys leadership, not fate

Bangladesh, Jan. 24 -- At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky accused Russia of “trying to freeze Ukrainians to death,” referring to ong... Read More


From Watergate to Dhaka: Is Trump facing a familiar Washington Post playbook?

Bangladesh, Jan. 23 -- There is something faintly theatrical about the Washington Posts recent report claiming that a US diplomat in Dhaka openly told Bangladeshi journalists that Washington wants to ... Read More


Iran accused of extorting families for protesters bodies amid internet blackout

Bangladesh, Jan. 21 -- Iranian authorities are facing grave allegations that security forces demanded large payments from families in exchange for returning the bodies of protesters killed during a re... Read More


Yunus slips into Chinas deep pocket

Bangladesh, Jan. 20 -- In politics, symbolism is never accidental. Leaders may claim innocence, coincidence, or logistical necessity, but the choices they make—what they touch, where they go, wh... Read More


Africa faces major geopolitical recalibration amid emerging three centers of power

Bangladesh, Jan. 19 -- For more than two decades, analysts, strategists, and dissident thinkers have argued that the post–Cold War international system was living on borrowed time. The claim tha... Read More


UK launches £300 million fraud probe into social housing firm home REIT

Bangladesh, Jan. 15 -- British authorities have launched a major investigation into alleged large-scale fraud and bribery linked to Home REIT, a UK-listed social housing investment company, in a case ... Read More


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