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By Maksuda Lisa (Dhaka Bureau) A new chapter of political turmoil and controversy has unfolded around Shakib Al Hasan, one of the most successful all-rounders in Bangladesh’s cricket history. Following his participation in a contentious political press conference held in India, Bangladesh’s new Youth and Sports Ministry has toughened its stance regarding his return to…

8 August 2026, Quezon City.  Despite missed deadlines in 2020 and 2025, dangerous mercury-laced skin whiteners are still widely available in the marketplace, threatening people and the planet, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition of the Philippines said. The EcoWaste Coalition, an advocate for a zero-waste and toxics-free society, made this observation ahead of the…

Half a century of diplomatic relations. Fifty years of cultural exchange. Five decades of strengthening trust, friendship, and shared aspirations for the future. The Republic of the Philippines and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam commemorate the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations through “Rhythms of the Land, Puppets of the Water: Vietnam Cultural Days in Manila,” a two-day cultural celebration taking…

Silvio Talamo is a poet, performance artist and founder of the Berlin literary magazine EXIT. He deals with contemporary poetry, art, philosophy and voice research, in particular with symbolic thinking, language and the transformation of perception. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. In this conversation with Milena Rampoldi, founder of ProMosaik Poetry, Talamo talks about…

I initially wrote this piece in 2024 during the student uprisings that took place around the United States. The content was focused on Gaza and the people who made up the movement for Palestine in the belly of the beast. I’ve rewritten some of it and replaced Gaza with Cuba. The arguments needed no editing…

The Future of Global Power Between Competition, Prudence, and the Risk of a New Great Confrontation “History does not usually change when a war begins. It changes when the great powers decide how far they are willing to take it.” The Planet Where War Became an Everyday Reality Again The world is going through one…

John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy endures not simply as the anti–James Bond film but as something rarer: a diagnosis of Western civilization at the moment it began losing faith in itself. Where the James Bond franchise offered a fantasy of Western vitality—technological mastery, erotic confidence, geopolitical clarity—le Carré’s world presents the opposite. In…

Freedom, intentionality and the human future Pressenza has always defined itself through a commitment to peace, nonviolence, humanism and non-discrimination. This August, with a new three-month course in Nonviolent Journalism about to begin, that commitment leads back to a question that sounds almost too simple to ask: what is nonviolence?1 The easiest answer is negative.…

By Halim Mohammad (Dhaka Bureau) From the Mughal-era Jahangirnagar to today’s sprawling megacity of over 20 million people, Dhaka- nestled along the banks of the Buriganga- has reinvented itself many times over its four-hundred-year history. Yet, beneath this epic transformation lies the gradual burial of the city’s roots, cultural heritage, and centuries-old architecture. Driven by…

By Taskina Yeasmin (Dhaka Bureau) Life in Old Dhaka three or four decades ago was defined by serene homes, courtyard gardens, meticulously arranged rooms, and the delicate touch of women’s needlework. ‘Choukhat’ (Threshold), the second solo art exhibition by visual artist Sarah Zabin- who emerged from that very cultural matrix- concluded today. Having opened on…