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PM Tarique Rahman's Possible India Visit: Can Dhaka and Delhi move beyond the Past?

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- remember what former Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain told us at a briefing on January 1, 2025 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He made it clear that Dhaka's relatio... Read More


Can Delhi separate the signal from the noise in Dhaka's messaging?

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- he unhelpful circus of speculation and innuendo in the Indian media over a possible visit to India by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman reached a crescendo on Friday (Aug. 21), as t... Read More


Cancer coverage must go beyond awareness to action

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- Anewspaper story can be accurate, well-sourced and informative, yet still leave readers with no clear idea of what to do next. That is one of the most important lessons emerging... Read More


The World Economy Is Swerving, and the Destination Is Unknown

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- or decades, companies, investors, and policymakers operated on the comforting assumption that the global economy was underpinned by a relatively stable equilibrium. Macroeconomi... Read More


A Future With Chinese Characteristics

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- or much of the 20th century, the United States represented not just a place on the map. It was also a point in time. When Western Europeans looked at images of America after Wor... Read More


From Gaza to Trump, the age of 'Big Security' is here

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- inyamin Netanyahu's rejection of Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan is hardly a surprise, given the current mood among Israeli Jews. Anything less than the full termination of Hamas... Read More


PM's popularity cutting across party lines

Bangladesh, Aug. 21 -- majority of Bangladeshi adults across all parts of the country and across even party lines approve of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's performance in his first six months (180 da... Read More


Combat desertification COP17: Indigenous Peoples' representatives seek meaningful participation

India, Aug. 21 -- Three days into the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), a fight over who gets a seat at the table is still shad... Read More


Ban use of glyphosate across Himachal Pradesh, organisations demand of Sukhwinder Sukhu

India, Aug. 21 -- Forty-four social and environmental groups, retired forest officials and scientists have urged Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Sukhu to immediately ban glyphosate-based he... Read More


Coordinated efforts needed for effective and permanent solution to sal borer: Experts

India, Aug. 21 -- A high-level workshop at Indira Gandhi National Tribal University in Amarkantak on August 17, 2026, brought forest officials, scientists, public representatives and local communities... Read More