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18:22, May 13, 2019
Free media: Manning the rampart, defending the fortress
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Free expression matters. And it matters enormously in the media, for the media is an embodiment of all those finer sentiments which go into an...
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10:36, May 13, 2019
Crisis vs Mass Media
Kazi Anis Ahmed
A range of crisis affecting Bangladeshi mass media has been in discussions recently, especially, the issue of mass layoffs and unpaid arrear wages....
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18:17, May 11, 2019
US manufacturing slowdown looms over trade talks
John Kemp
US manufacturers are experiencing the most marked deceleration in business activity since 2015 and before that the great recession of 2008,...
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19:47, May 09, 2019
Who is afraid of IRS? I am!
Nazarul Islam
When elected to office, Democrats have loved to go about their businesses, focusing on a priority— such as, raising taxes on the rich. Sen...
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17:28, May 08, 2019
Huawei and the unravelling of globalization
Peter Apps
When former Chinese army officer Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei in 1987, his business plan appears to have been relatively simple. By reverse...
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21:07, May 07, 2019
China’s OBOR Blues
Md Sharif Hasan
Since announcing its Belt and Road Initiative five and half years ago, China has spent billions of dollars in Asia, Africa and Europe supporting a...
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18:31, May 05, 2019
What would Tajuddin do?
Syed Badrul Ahsan
It is time once again to remember Tajuddin Ahmad.In the entirety of the War of Liberation, he made it a point to stay detached from his family as...
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16:13, May 04, 2019
Be rational, talking sex is not a crime!
Towheed Feroze
Just recently, a local development organisation published a report stating that last year, 271 children died after becoming victims of rape and...
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19:02, May 02, 2019
Let’s not be overconfident about “no” terror threats
Nadeem Qadir
It is pleasing to hear our country’s senior terror fighters say that they were hopeful that Bangladesh did not have any threat from any kind of...
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19:00, May 01, 2019
Ordeal of a female worker in the world of men
Miti Sanjana
Beauty, age 25, was married at 23, works in a construction site. She has one child who is very young and she is a lactating mother. She works from...
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19:19, Apr 28, 2019
Assassins’ safety and Western rule of law
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Quite some years ago, a Canadian politician made a trip to Bangladesh. Prior to leaving the country, he informed the media that the laws of his...
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18:53, Apr 27, 2019
Notre-Dame, Sri Lanka and social media dilemma
Peter Apps
When Paris’s Notre-Dame cathedral caught fire on April 15, it was only a matter of minutes before conspiracy theories were swirling across social...
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15:19, Apr 26, 2019
Understanding the Sri Lanka Easter attacks
Md Sharif Hasan
Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday turned into a scene of death and destruction. Churches and luxury hotels were targeted in at least eight coordinated...
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15:13, Apr 25, 2019
Interfaith dialogue to combat religious extremism
Farzana Begum
One of my Sri Lankan friends emailed yesterday- “Evil is released on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. Three churches and two hotels have been...
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19:50, Apr 24, 2019
What Sudan tells us about 21st century coups
Peter Apps
Barely a week before Zimbabwe’s military ousted President Robert Mugabe in November 2017, its top commander visited Beijing. Exactly what he...
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20:55, Apr 22, 2019
Our hearts bleed for Sri Lanka, again!
Nazarul Islam
Another dark day, that will survive as a sad reminder of our troubled existence! The evil in our lives touched us again, with its vicious and...
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22:27, Apr 21, 2019
History ... as those bald men made it
Syed Badrul Ahsan
There are some wonderful images, even realities, you tend to associate with bald or balding men. Euphemistically speaking, of course, you could...
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18:57, Apr 18, 2019
Climate change targets are slipping out of reach
John Kemp
For all the commentary around a transition to a clean energy system, the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is still continuing to...
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22:06, Apr 16, 2019
When this abuse of women will stop?
Nadeem Qadir
News of rape incidents is becoming common, but why is it so? Are soft Bengali minds turning cruel and if so, why? We silently observe that an...
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21:23, Apr 15, 2019
China goes unconventional in escalating South China Sea face-off
Peter Apps
In early December, a flotilla of two dozen Chinese fishing boats and escort warships sailed to the disputed Filipino-occupied reef of Thitu. By the...
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