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Diamond Platnumz Removes Pro-President CCM Instagram Posts

Kenya, Oct. 31 -- Diamond Platnumz, a Tanzanian music musician, has removed all of his Instagram postings supporting President Samia Suluhu Hassan. This is because many people were angry with him and ... Read More


Citizen journalism in Bangladesh: The revolution will be more than televised

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- During the course of the last decade, a revolution has swept across Bangladesh. It did not happen through ballots or barricades, but on the screens glowing in the palms of ordinary p... Read More


Angel of History

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- The struggle for the future in Bangladesh, as elsewhere in the world, reminds me of vanished times that keep reinventing themselves. The struggle makes me think of an earlier me. It... Read More


Snacks of Dhaka: How are they doing?

Dhaka, Oct. 31 -- There was a time when snacks were not thought to be worth anyone's serious attention. That was some time ago though when Dhaka was barely an urban pimple growing on the face of the n... Read More


ODM members want Oburu Odinga run for president in 2027

Kenya, Oct. 31 -- Oburu Odinga's 2027 bid picked up fresh momentum Thursday, as a vocal faction of ODM party faithful from Meru County threw their weight behind the veteran politician's potential pres... Read More


Hostage horror in Mumbai

India, Oct. 31 -- In a high-voltage hostage drama that lasted for nearly two hours inside an audition-studio in Mumbai, the police on Thursday rescued 19 persons, including 17 children, after shooting... Read More


Kerala Minister Sivankutty flays new central labour policy

India, Oct. 31 -- Kerala Minister for Labour and General Education Sivankutty on Thursday flayed the new draft central labour policy, terming it as "extremely anti-labour," and one which takes away th... Read More


India and ASEAN: Charting the course of a multipolar Asia

India, Oct. 31 -- When the 22nd ASEAN-India Summit convened in Kuala Lumpur in 2025, the diplomatic choreography was carefully scripted: India's Prime Minister addressed the summit virtually, while th... Read More


Nationalism and the fault lines of faith

India, Oct. 31 -- What is nationalism? It is that feeling among a society which demonstrates that people can breathe together, or rather, their souls can breathe together. The question is: does this h... Read More


Sardar Patel: The iron man who forged a united India

India, Oct. 31 -- Today, India and the world will be celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of i... Read More