IT’S JUST A FENCE, NOT A WAY OF LIFE
byRemember Felani? Sure, how could any Bangladeshi, or any human being for that matter, forget Felani incident? The body of a fifteen year old girl hanging over the barbed wire…
International
US SUCCESS IN VENEZUELA!
byAfter sixteen years of ascending to power, Hugo Chavez’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela got the taste of defeat at the National Assembly election held on 6 December 2015. Venezuela’s…
A TALE OF TWO PEOPLE
byA recent event of the killing of a Japanese citizen in Bangladesh has left the people of the two countries in a state of bewilderment, shock and distress. While the…
STALEMATE ON HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
byA year back, I, along with a few of my fellows, worked on a project about great power responsibility and the evolving nature of the norm of humanitarian intervention, reflecting…
The Indian-Tamil Question
byShortly after independence, the first UNP government passed the Ceylon Citizenship Act which denied citizenship to almost one million Indian Tamils. This effectively disenfranchised the Tamils working in the plantations….
TWIST OF FAITH: SAUDI- IRAN PROXY WAR
byWith ‘Operation Decisive Storm’, Saudi Arabia intends to show Tehran and its followers a regional red-line. The code name is probably an indication of what Saudi Arabia and its allies…
Human Trafficking in Bangladesh: An Overview
byHuman trafficking is a grave concern in Bangladesh. It exploits vulnerable individuals, including women, children, and migrant workers.
UN Peacekeeping Mission: Contradictions, Issues and “Non-white Man’s Burden”
byIn every week, a lot of seminars are being held on peacekeeping in different platforms but the contributions of troops contributing countries (TCCs) are regarded very poorly there. While discussing…