war
Exploring BRICS and global governance
We fought two world wars because of economic nationalism, the driving force behind the warring powers.
BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / 'Prophet Song': Full of sound, fury, and significance
The 309-page-long dystopian novel is an oppressive account of Eilish who tries to keep her family from falling apart as everything around her crumbles.
Victory Day / Bangladesh's journey beyond Cold War realpolitik
Today marks the first Victory Day of Bangladesh being celebrated without the existence of Henry Kissinger
Poetry / We’re still alive
We’re still alive/ but they wanted to die a natural death
Salman Khan responds to fans setting off fireworks in theatres
Salman Khan has responded to fans setting off fireworks inside theatres to display their affection after a film's release. In a statement to news agency ANI, Salman expressed his disapproval, stating that he is "not at all in support of this." This comes in the wake of Salman's admirers setting off firecrackers in theaters during a “Tiger 3” screening.
Jr NTR to shoot for ‘War 2’ without body doubles
Production for the second installment of "War" has been ongoing for some time, with various clips from Spain featuring Ayan Mukherjee, the director, circulating on social media. However, Jr NTR, another cast member of the film, has not yet joined the shoot.
Poetry / Bring humanity home alive
This universe’s heart is hollow now for humanity has died inside it.
Bangladesh Genocide of 1971: Time for the West to walk the talk
The genocide that Pakistan’s occupational forces committed in Bangladesh in 1971 has yet to get due recognition.
The Shelf / 7 nonfiction books to understand the question of Palestine
We highlight seven nonfictional books that allow us to understand the history and discourse around the struggle better.
Ukraine Defence Ministry uses anime reference while highlighting Russian war losses
Ukrainian MoD drops Chainsaw Man and One Piece references.
No need for Bangladeshi volunteers to join military operation in Ukraine: Russian Embassy
The Russian Embassy in Dhaka today said that although they appreciated the gesture of Bangladeshi citizens who wanted to volunteer in the Russian military operation in Ukraine, there is no need for it.
Soccer fans mock as England dumped out of Europe twice in a week
England score an ignominious double on Monday, becoming the first country to be dumped out of Europe twice in a week and in the process losing both its prime minister and national soccer team manager.
Tokyo dreams fuel Cambodia's first disabled basketballers
Slamming into each other with a metallic crunch, Cambodia's first women's wheelchair basketball team are changing attitudes to disability in a nation where unexploded landmines claim new victims every week but physical impairments are scorned.
A war, a life
A war is a battle fought by others, where deaths are only piling numbers and the critically injured- someone else’s problem.
Syria crisis: Strikes on hospitals 'war crimes'
France and Turkey have said that air strikes on hospitals in northern Syria constitute war crimes.
Khaleda’s war martyrs remark ‘contextually correct’: Fakhrul
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says his party’s chairperson Khaleda Zia’s remarks on the number of martyrs during the Liberation War of 1971 was ‘contextually correct’.
Saudis will not allow war with Iran, says deputy crown prince
Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said a war between his country and Iran would be the beginning of a catastrophe and Riyadh would not allow it.
Preserving war history
People have rarely heard of Saiful Islam a preserver of the nation’s history. He is a Philatelic dealer and collector of the Liberation war related items. He collects old newspapers, documents, stamps, books, photos, and philatelic items from waste papers piled up in one of the shanty parts of Old Dhaka.
The Grand Theatre of War
World War I was once thought of as 'the War to End All Wars'. But the hypothesis that “violence can be extinguished with greater violence” has since been thoroughly disproved and should have no place in modern statecraft. Yet it is the bedrock of anti-terrorism.