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From 17 to 22 March 2026, the Festival of Art, Music and Culture for Peace, Non-Violence and Food Sovereignty will take place in Arusha, Tanzania. The initiative is promoted as part of the activities of the World Humanist Forum’s thematic table on Music, Art and Culture and will feature the participation of numerous humanist artists…

Increased security on the red carpet Two decades ago the Oscars were celebrated as the United States was launching a war in the Middle East. In 2003, the Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theater occurred just days after U.S. troops invaded Iraq, elevating security concerns surrounding Hollywood’s biggest night so much that they tightened…

by Sheikh Mohammad Arif (Dhaka Bureau) Nearly the entire Tk40,000 crore (about $3.6bn) originally set aside to implement a new pay commission for Bangladesh’s government employees has been redirected to other spending priorities, according to officials at the finance ministry. Most of the funds have been used to cover rising energy subsidies, while the remainder…

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) The Bangladeshi government has begun criminal and civil proceedings aimed at recovering assets allegedly siphoned out of the country during the final years of the previous administration, in what officials describe as one of the largest financial recovery efforts in the country’s history. Authorities say the process will unfold…

ProMosaik Poetry is an open project of ProMosaik Art, which is convinced of the importance of poetry and poetry therapy in a hard time characterized by war, militarization, violence and power narratives. Although ProMosaik Poetry sees itself as an open project, the founder, Milena Rampoldi, decided at the end of 2025 to write the Manifesto…

Ten years ago Berta Cáceres, a campaigner against dams and mining projects that were displacing rural communities in Honduras, said that death threats had forced her to lead a ‘fugitive existence’. Most of the threats came from a company, Desarrollos Energeticos SA (DESA), that was planning a hydroelectric project on the Gualcarque River, sacred to…

In Greece, thousands of demonstrators marched through central Athens Thursday (Greek Team: and Wednesday) toward the U.S. Embassy to protest the war on Iran and to demand the closure of NATO bases in Greece. Sofia Theotoka: “We consider the stance of the Greek government to be despicable, because it not only puts us in danger…

“We witness the attempted abolition of the West’s relatively free media and open democratic debate about international affairs. War is peace, aggression is defence. The Internet and social media are no longer the open, decentralised public sphere they were twenty years ago. They have become curated, filtered, and politically manipulated information systems that deserve to…

Scientists, peace organizations and civil society initiatives from several European countries have published an open letter warning against further military escalation in the Middle East and calling for stronger diplomatic initiatives by European governments. “Europe must do everything possible to prevent further military escalation in the Middle East. Diplomacy and international cooperation are the only…

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) More than 10 million Bangladeshi migrant workers living across the Middle East are facing mounting uncertainty as escalating regional tensions disrupt jobs, travel, and remittance flows, according to community leaders and officials. Bangladeshi expatriates in countries including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon, Oman and Bahrain…