Autor: pacifista

On August 7, Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota issued a strong statement calling on President Donald Trump to immediately end the naval blockade imposed on Cuba. In a forceful statement, the congresswoman denounced the current U.S. administration’s apparent determination to “take the United States back 70 years, to the height of Cold War McCarthyism,” highlighting…

By Mehedi Hasan (Dhaka Bureau) A profound policy shift is underway on the international political and geo-strategic stage. Japan- Asia’s second-largest economy and a country long defined by its post-WWII pacifism- is actively pivoting away from its historically stringent bans on defence equipment exports. Tokyo’s newfound flexibility and open security orientation present a crucial opportunity…

Guwahati: The latest wave of floods in Assam has claimed around 100 human lives till Sunday (9 August 2026) and continued to affect more than 1.50 lakh people in the worst-hit districts of Charaideo, Sivasagar, Golaghat and Jorhat. Thousands of hectares of cropland were damaged, and a large number of domestic animals, along with poultry,…

  81 Years Since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Genocides. Nuclear Disarmament Now! For more than eight decades, the month of August has reminded us of the genocides committed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945. Humanists around the world commemorate these criminal acts, reinforcing our profound commitment to taking action in favor…

The Deep Wounds of Bangladesh’s Financial System By Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) The banking sector forms the bedrock of a nation’s financial architecture, relying fundamentally on public trust and the security of savings. However, political patronage, lax regulatory oversight, and unchecked ownership by industrial conglomerates have pushed Bangladesh’s banking sector into a profound crisis.…

By G M Forhadul Mozumder (Dhaka Bureau) Amid escalating fears of a military conflict in the Middle East, a new diplomatic window has opened through international mediation between the United States and Iran. The US administration has signaled a pause on new military strikes to foster negotiations aimed at ensuring the safe transit of commercial…

By Taskina Yeasmin (Dhaka Bureau) Is there a world beyond what we see every day? How do we perceive the truths hidden deep beneath or far beyond the visible reality- the roads, traffic, cars, people, or the sky? Prominent Bangladeshi visual artist Zakia Khan Chandana has brought this unseen and subconscious reality to life on…

In several previous articles, I have explored the idea that many of what we call geopolitical conflicts may have much deeper cultural roots. We tend to understand the world through political positions: left and right, progressive and conservative, democracy and authoritarianism, capitalism and socialism. We explain international events through governments, military alliances, economic interests and…

The New Walls of Power “25 U.S. states decided to go to court to challenge the legal authority used by the president to unilaterally modify U.S. trade policy…” “For centuries, empires built walls to protect their borders.” “In the twenty-first century, the new walls are no longer always made of stone. They can also be…

One would think that after October 7 and the Gaza war that followed, the leaders from the main opposition parties would have drawn the obvious conclusion. Eighty years of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have not made Israel safer. It has made Israel strategically weaker, lonelier, and more reviled than at any moment in its history. Yet…