Opinion
In Europe, within the European Union and also in the contiguous countries, attention is presently also being focused on a wider parameter. In more ways than one efforts are underway to find least common denominators that would not only facilitate ascertaining the different elements of the unfolding ...
The United Kingdom having formally left the European Union has now entered what is termed as an 11-month transition period till the end of 2020. Analysts monitoring this exercise are also discovering several denotations and connotations related to the term- Brexit. Issues are being identified as to ...
The High Commissioner of the Human Rights Council (HRC), during its latest Session in Geneva- the 43rd, has outlined an extensive update of prevailing human rights issues that are prevailing in different parts of the world. As expected there was reference to what has happened and are still...
The impact of the novel strain of coronavirus officially designated as COVID-19 by World Health Organization (earlier referred to as 2019-nCoV) has also cast its long shadow on Bangladesh. However, it is also true that despite its high population and its great density, the impact has been, most fort...
Both Parties- the United States and the Taliban-, after one week of relative peace and reduction in violence across Afghanistan, have signed a more comprehensive agreement on February 29 in Doha, Qatar. This has opened up the road to peace after nearly two decades of conflict. This has eme...
The race to become the Democratic nominee for the coming 2020 Presidential election in the United States has been evolving over the past few months. It is now being described as the political equivalent of an incredibly lopsided tag-team wrestling match. A few weeks ago, there were 29 init...
The first week of February has seen President Donald Trump- US’s 45th President- being acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial. This ended a US Congressional bid to remove him from the office of Presidency. It also bitterly divided the US. The trial lasted barely tw...
The long-awaited US Middle –East peace plan was recently released on 28 January by President Trump in Washington with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu standing next to him. Described as "the deal of the century" by Netanyahu it has generated more controversy than agreement. The bl...
The world is watching with anxiety and great concern the emergence of a new kind of coronavirus. Medical experts have stated that coronavirus can cause diseases in mammals, including humans, and birds. In humans, the virus causes respiratory infections which are typically mild but, in...
In 2019, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, appealed to Aung San Suu Kyi to “open your eyes, listen, feel with your heart, and please use your moral authority before it is too late.” Prof. Lee was referring to a newly published report by the UN ...
The embarrassment and entanglement that has marked the Iran-US imbroglio has continued to evolve and has now become a source for questions among many strategic analysts all over the world. It is casting a long shadow in international affairs in terms of strategic contention.It started...
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was released from his internment in Pakistan in the first week of January 1972 and eventually returned to Dhaka, the capital of independent Bangladesh amidst a rapturous welcome on 10th January, 1972. On the way he stopped over in London and New Delhi. The retu...
The year 2020 will be particularly important not only because it will see the next US Presidential election in November, but also because it will be the start of another decade where several existing complex problems are casting a shadow on the international horizon.We have already seen the cri...
Russia’s inter-active presence in Syria, Turkey and Iran has drawn attention to its growing role in internationall affairs. This dynamics has also been manifest in Latin America- particularly in Venezuela and Cuba. Its support for China and its One Belt One Road initiative and evolving relatio...
China emerged as a regional power after Mao Zedong emerged victorious in 1949. The new China moved forward with the help of its socialist system. The continuous progress of China on the world stage has since been watched with great admiration.Mao’s successor, Deng Xiaoping ...
Political leadership from different corners of the world alongwith climate activists, economists and civil society members met in Madrid for two weeks of talks amid a growing sense of crisis. This meeting in Madrid signalled the start of a frantic 12 months of negotiations that will culmin...
A storm has been blowing within the international political paradigm over the question of responsible use of social media and the after-effects of its improper use. Analysts and politicians have both realized that unless some proper governance is initiated within its existing regulatory regime the d...
In the fourth week of September this year, a UN panel of scientists associated with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report on future impact of climate change and rising temperatures that signaled a red alert pertaining to expected devastating effec...
The dynamics pertaining to the issue of Rohingya Muslims has continued to come to the forefront of international attention. This has become particularly significant since the 11th of November.United States, Canada, the European Union and the Organization of the Islamic Conference...
In its latest development update, the World Bank has identified that several factors need to be addressed by Bangladesh authorities to overcome derailing of economic growth. They have suggested that GDP growth for this fiscal year could end up at about 7.2 per cent, the second highest in South Asia ...
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