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France puts cement giant Lafarge on trial for allegedly financing ISIS

Bangladesh, Nov. 4 -- A French court has begun one of the most significant corporate trials in recent history, placing multinational cement producer Lafarge in the dock over allegations that it financ... Read More


Civilizations reawaken as the unipolar world fractures into a Multipolar future

Bangladesh, Nov. 3 -- The 21st centurys geopolitical horizon resembles a fault line – trembling, shifting, and redefining the order that once seemed unshakable. The liberal dream of a unipolar w... Read More


Trump threatens military action in Nigeria over alleged Christian killings

Bangladesh, Nov. 2 -- US President Donald Trump has once again ignited global controversy after threatening possible military action in Nigeria, accusing the West African nations government of allowin... Read More


Pakistan and Turkey attempting to destabilize Bangladesh through armed revolt

Bangladesh, Oct. 31 -- In a recent podcast interview, Maj (retd) Akhtaruzzaman, a veteran of the Bangladesh Army and now a BNP political figure, issued an extraordinary warning: that forces aligned wi... Read More


Trapped and forgotten: Rohingya struggle for survival amid aid cuts, restrictions

Bangladesh, Oct. 30 -- The Rohingya crisis, one of the longest and most intractable humanitarian catastrophes in modern history, is entering a darker phase. Years after being driven from their homes b... Read More


Free Monjurul Alam Panna: When truth becomes a crime in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Oct. 29 -- In Bangladesh today, the detention of Monjurul Alam Panna stands as an ominous testament to the shrinking space for free journalism and civic debate. This is not simply the stor... Read More


Why Undermining the Uniformed Guardians Endangers Bangladesh

New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- The recent decision by the International Crimes Tribunal to issue arrest warrants in enforced-disappearance cases has re-ignited a bitter national argument: accountability versus... Read More


Sudans war reveals the future of global conflict and the collapse of diplomacy

Bangladesh, Oct. 26 -- The war in Sudan, which has already claimed at least 150,000 lives, displaced over 11 million people, and plunged half the population into acute food insecurity, is not an aberr... Read More


The legal farce of phantom plaintiffs centering return of ‘disappeared

Bangladesh, Oct. 25 -- It is one of those stories that make both lawyers and laymen pause: a group of former army officers, once declared “forcibly disappeared” during Sheikh Hasinas tenur... Read More


The EUs Russian gas ban turns into self-inflicted energy dilemma

Bangladesh, Oct. 20 -- The European Union has once again thrust itself into a self-inflicted energy dilemma. On October 20, the European Council announced that all new import deals for Russian gas wil... Read More