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Digital media or Physical discs? A red pill blue pill situation
For one generation, video games are 21-inch CRT TV hooked to a Sega Mega Drive playing Samurai Showdown with 5 cousins. With soda bets, exploring new…
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South Asia’s New Reality: Development Is Rising, Stability Is Not
South Asia is developing faster than it is learning to keep the peace. Economies are expanding, cities are modernising, and digital connectivity is reshaping daily life…
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Bangladesh’s Record Budget and the Illusion of Fiscal Strength
Budgets often arrive wrapped in numbers, projections and political language. But their real meaning is found elsewhere: in the price of essentials, the quality of public…
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Between Washington and Tehran: Pakistan’s Diplomatic Moment and India’s Questioned Role
In this contemporary world, a country’s influence and relevance extend beyond traditional metrics such as military capability and economy size. Among significant factors that contribute to…
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Who Still Believes in Reform?
In Bangladesh, reform has long been a powerful political word, invoked by successive governments to signal renewal without always delivering institutional change. During Sheikh Hasina’s tenure,…
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Bangladesh and RCEP: A Strategic Opening or a Step Too Far?
Bangladesh is entering a new phase in its economic journey, and that means old trade habits will no longer be enough. For years, the country benefited…
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A Route of Death Not Dreams
The boat drifted with twenty-two without having a drop of water. The recent tragedy off the coast of Greece, where at least 22 migrants died after…
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Minimum 3 Challenges are Waiting for BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), now led by Chairman Tarique Rahman, has come to power after almost 20 years. This party has always occupied a centrist…
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Digital Curtail: New Normal of Political Censorship
Political censorship is a constantly evolving structure of power. It is a systematic effort to suppress ideas that threaten the established social or political order. It…
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The New Frontier of the 2026 Ganges Treaty
Bangladesh is defined by its waters. The nation’s identity, economy, and culture are inextricably linked to the 407 rivers that vein its landscape. According to the…
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Learn from Afghanistan: The Cost of Looking Away from Women
Four years after the Taliban regained control in August 2021, the situation of women and children in Afghanistan has worsened into a system of systematic exclusion…
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How Bangladesh’s Language Movement Became International Mother Language Day
In February 1952, the streets of Dhaka erupted in protest against Pakistan's language policy, a bold stand that went beyond mere words. Students and intellectuals demanded…
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Food Crisis in Gaza: A Humanitarian Emergency
Between mid-October and late November in Gaza, around 1.6 million people faced severe hunger, including over 500,000 in emergency and more than 100,000 in catastrophic conditions,…
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The Rohingya Crisis as a Ticking Clock: A Failure of Regional Diplomatic Governance
It is 2026. Eight years have passed since the 2017 exodus. Over one million Rohingya are trapped in Bangladesh. They are not just waiting. They are…
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“ভালো মেযেরা রাজনীতি করে না” এই সামাজিক বাক্যবদ্ধ কবে ভাঙবে?
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The Rise of the Far Right: Moral Policing and Populist Peril in Post-Authoritarian Bangladesh
In the aftermath of Sheikh Hasina’s fall through the July Uprising 2024, Bangladesh appears to be experiencing a visible rise in far-right tendencies spanning religious, social,…