If Bangladesh turns away, so will the world
At any other time, if hundreds of refugees fleeing genocide were starving at sea with nowhere to go, there would be widespread condemnation. Unfortunately, the pandemic that has swept across the world has relegated this issue into being a mere footnote in our news.
4 May 2020, 18:00 PM
How much power is too much?
By now, we have all heard of the harrowing story of Bangla Tribune correspondent Ariful Islam, who was beaten, blindfolded and dragged from his home in the middle of the night in Kurigram on March 14.
19 March 2020, 18:00 PM
The uncomplicated legacy of Hosni Mubarak
Internatio-nal media is saturated with the news of ex-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s death at the age of 91 and his military funeral, complete with three days of mourning and a statement from the current Egyptian presidency calling him a “military leader and a war hero”.
27 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Halima Khatun: On the frontline
“On February 20, the government invoked Section 144. During the meeting organised by us university students the next day, there were some disagreements on the next steps.
20 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Brexit for Bangladeshis
After three prime ministers, two general elections, a number of historic defeats for the government and a political deadlock that seemed like it would never end — the United Kingdom (UK) officially left the European Union (EU) on January 31, 2020, ending a 47-year relationship.
8 February 2020, 18:00 PM
What comes after the ICJ ruling?
All eyes were turned to The Hague on Thursday when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) came back with its momentous decision on emergency provisional measures for the protection of the persecuted Rohingya population of Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State.
24 January 2020, 18:00 PM