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The US steps back, China steps forward: Redefining multilateralism at the United Nations

Bangladesh, Oct. 5 -- When the United States retreats, the world does not stand still—it recalibrates. Nowhere is this truer than at the United Nations, the institution once shaped in Washington... Read More


Ukraines battlefield becomes testing ground in Europes new arms ‘gold rush

Bangladesh, Oct. 4 -- The war in Ukraine, now well into its third year, has become more than a bloody geopolitical struggle between Moscow and Kiev. It has also turned into what many analysts describe... Read More


Bangladesh as the battleground: How Pakistan and Turkey are reigniting jihad

Bangladesh, Oct. 2 -- The fall of authoritarian ruler Sheikh Hasina in August 2024 has transformed Bangladesh into a contested arena of foreign influence, with dangerous implications for regional secu... Read More


Pakistans Abraham Accord acid test: Will Shehbaz Sharif recognize Israel?

Bangladesh, Oct. 1 -- As President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a 20-point blueprint this week to end the two-year war in Gaza, capitals across the Muslim world moved qu... Read More


China executes harsh crackdown on Myanmar crime syndicate over cyber scams

Bangladesh, Sept. 30 -- Chinas judiciary has delivered one of its harshest verdicts yet against cross-border crime, sentencing 16 members of a notorious Myanmar-based crime syndicate to death for thei... Read More


Myanmar companies built bases on seized Rohingya land after 2017 exodus

Bangladesh, Sept. 29 -- The plight of the Rohingya has long stood as one of the most harrowing examples of ethnic persecution in recent history. Now, a new report by the United Nations Independent Inv... Read More


Musk supports Durov after claims of French meddling in Moldova election

Bangladesh, Sept. 28 -- As founders of two of the most influential platforms of the digital age – Elon Musk and Pavel Durov – rang the alarm bell over political interference, their words r... Read More


The ‘Last Supper and the grandeur NYC trip of Muhammad Yunus

Bangladesh, Sept. 27 -- There is a certain irony in the way power ends. For some, it fades quietly; for others, it collapses amid disgrace. And for Professor Muhammad Yunus, once celebrated being Nobe... Read More


Why the Jatiyo Party suddenly finds itself in the spotlight of Bangladeshs political casino

Bangladesh, Sept. 26 -- In Bangladeshi politics, parties rarely rise to prominence by accident. When a political formation like the Jatiyo Party (JaPa) – long dismissed as a marginal, opportunis... Read More


The mirage of ‘people power in Nepal

Bangladesh, Sept. 25 -- Western audiences never seem to tire of revolutions. The imagery is irresistible: young students taking to the streets, chanting against corruption, defying an unpopular govern... Read More