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বাংলাদেশের মিডিয়া জগতের মালিক কারা?
কিন্তু তা সত্ত্বেও বাংলাদেশের গণমাধ্যম খাত দৃশ্যত বিকশিত হচ্ছে। গত এক দশকে দেশে ব্যাঙের ছাতার মতো বহু মিডিয়া আউটলেটের উত্থান ঘটেছে। সরকারি হিসাব মতে, ২০২০ সালে…
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What to Do About Gaza
Gaza has long been one of those geopolitical problems that everyone wishes would just disappear. Israel, certainly, would prefer to seal off the Palestinian enclave—both from…
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Our Responsibility to South Asia
Future generations will remember what the world did, or failed to do, in the face of South Asia's devastating second wave of the virus. India and…
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The Power Over Truth
What Rozina Islam’s arrest reveals about our society The arrest of the journalist Rozina Islam has brought a pressing issue at the surface. Many of her…
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How Singapore Can Manage the Pandemic Better
The government should be more aggressive in getting people vaccinated, and tighten measures at Changi Airport Children walk home with their guardians after school in Singapore…
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World’s Worst Pandemic Leaders: 5 Presidents and Prime Ministers Who Badly Mishandled COVID-19
COVID-19 is notoriously hard to control, and political leaders are only part of the calculus when it comes to pandemic management. But some current and former…
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Now is The Time to Focus on Loss and Damage From Climate Change
The year 2020 will be remembered as not just the year of the pandemic, but also for the experienced human-induced climate change impacts, making loss and…
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Many Questions, Few Answers, As Conflict Deepens Between Israelis and Palestinians
What’s next in the latest Middle East convulsion? Will a ceasefire between the Hamas militant group in Gaza and Israel be brokered by Arab mediators in…
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The Climate X Factor
The climate and biodiversity crises we face demand that we not only shift to carbon-neutral energy sources, but also usher in a circular economy in which…
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India’s Covid Catastrophe Rooted in Modi’s Vanity
Indian leader's administration puts public image above saving lives amid the world's worst-yet Covid-19 outbreak India has set an unenviable new world record. More than 348,421…
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Facing a COVID Crisis, Nepal Cries Out for Help
“People are dying every few minutes because of a lack oxygen, we don’t know when this will end… It’s chaos.” The COVID-19 crisis in Nepal is…
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Jerusalem, the Unfolding Tragedy
For Netanyahu, Jerusalem and Gaza are the gift that keeps on giving. Israel is a colonial war machine that never sleeps. Its mounting provocations in Jerusalem…