Ramisa Rob is in-charge of Geopolitical Insights at The Daily Star.
What we're witnessing now in the Middle East is a zero-sum game.
Nasrallah and Hezbollah have thrived with an image of invincibility after confronting Israel in 2006.
BJP's media allies demonstrated the lengths to which they would go to mask India's domestic challengers under Modi's leadership.
Bangladesh should be watchful of a possible counter-revolution, which might not be very soft.
If Kamala Harris wants to lose to Donald Trump in November, then she should continue speaking and silencing Palestinian voices.
The US, China, Russia and also India will continue to have strong incentives to maintain influence in Bangladesh.
After Sheikh Hasina’s fall, the return of BNP or other existing parties will only perpetuate the cycle of corruption and mass sufferings.
If Trump is so anti-war, then why do extremist leaders in Israel prefer him over Harris?
Reports from legal aid and human rights organisation, Ain O Salish Kendra stated that at least 189 women were raped across the country in the first six months of this year, and 47 children were subjected to sexual assault or harassment in 15 days before April 2. Despite the pervasiveness of rape culture, conviction rates have ironically dropped from 0.5 percent in 2016 to 0.3 percent in 2018, according to the recent study by Naripokkho, a women’s rights organisation. The necessity for amendments in rape law becomes larger by the day, but a concerted action from the government remains surreptitiously missing.