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The documentary on Armenians

Dhaka, May 1 -- "The title of my documentary which is also my first is 'A Day in the Armenian Church'. In 2015, I first visited the Armenian Church in Dhaka. That visit sparked my curiosity and inspir... Read More


Armenians in Dhaka: An unwatched film on forgotten citizens

Dhaka, May 1 -- Mehzad Ghalibs, the film maker made a film focused on the Armenian Church of Dhaka. It's a film on historical anthropology of the urban variety but as it happens the result is symbolic... Read More


How to Future-Proof the Global Economy

Bangladesh, April 24 -- An uncomfortable reality is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. The global economy is in a period of "more frequent and violent shocks," as Nobel laureate Michael Spence... Read More


A New Security Architecture for the Middle East

Bangladesh, April 24 -- The collapse of the first round of negotiations between the United States and Iran, mediated by Pakistan, should have surprised no one. Both parties' entrenched positions and h... Read More


The Unauditable Market

Bangladesh, April 24 -- There is a building in London, just north of the Thames, where for more than seven centuries a specific kind of work has been done that almost no one thinks about. In the Golds... Read More


The politics of graffiti

Bangladesh, April 24 -- The following news item appeared in Prothom Alo English on April 21. I quote from it: "A clash broke out between activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Islami Chhatra Shibir... Read More


MW Bangladesh presents 'Maya: Bengal in Motion'

Bangladesh, April 24 -- MW Bangladesh hosted the third edition of Maya: Bengal in Motion, paying tribute to Palli Kabi Jasimuddin and his celebrated work Nakshi Kanthar Math. The event took place on ... Read More


Scrambling for Africa

Bangladesh, April 24 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam has emphasised that although Bangladesh and African countries collaborate extensively in multilateral settings, there is a ... Read More


What counts as a win when victory is out of reach?

Bangladesh, April 24 -- At a time when activists and campaigners are being asked to prove impact in ever more measurable ways, we wanted to ask a different question: what actually counts as a 'win'? A... Read More


Nuclear energy is having a global revival 40 years after Chernobyl

Bangladesh, April 24 -- The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there's a revival around th... Read More