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By Maksuda Lisa (Dhaka Bureau) Football is more than just a 90-minute competitive sport on the pitch; it serves as a tool for life transformation, a key to social inclusion, and a medium for promoting peace. Driven by this vision, the second-year operations of the FIFA Foundation Community Programme 2025-26 officially launched in Dhaka. The…

By Rita Bhowmick (Dhaka Bureau) Land, traditional rights, and unique cultural heritage form the cornerstone of existence for indigenous communities. However, despite policy promises, a lack of effective implementation has left these populations marginalized for decades. To dismantle these inequities, civil society leaders, human rights activists, and indigenous representatives in Dhaka have called for constitutional…

7 August 2026, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition commended the Government of Thailand for cracking down on substandard squishy toys that may pose chemical and choking risks to young children. “We commend the Thai authorities for clamping down on low-quality squishy toys that can harm children’s health,” said Aileen Lucero, National Coordinator,…

The Peoples Born with Scars and Searching for a Place Beneath the Same Sun In 1915, British writer William Somerset Maugham published Of Human Bondage, one of the great novels of the twentieth century. Inspired in part by his own experience, the work tells the story of Philip Carey, a young orphan who must learn…

The vision is for Indonesia to follow India’s lead in balancing between China and the US via increased reliance on Russia. Russia and Indonesia agreed to enter into a strategic partnership last June during President Prabowo Subianto’s trip to St. Petersburg to attend its annual International Economic Forum as his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin’s guest of honor. Their latest meeting saw…

The UK Green Party’s former leader Caroline Lucas recently nailed the Labour Party for “burying the most explosive report” of the year by UK military and intelligence sources. The concealed report warns “that the global collapse of ecosystems poses grave threats to the UK’s security and food supply within as little as five years.” (Source:…

By Sheikh Arif (Dhaka Bureau) The Bangladesh government has expressed deep indignation and dissatisfaction over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina- currently living in exile in India- being allowed to address the media in New Delhi. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last night, it was stated that such an incident is…

Seizure of health- and environmentally-damaging firecrackers and fireworks is good for Mother Earth and her children, group says   6 August 2026, Quezon City.  The EcoWaste Coalition, an environmental health advocacy organization campaigning for “Iwas Paputoxic” since 2006, gave the customs authorities two thumbs up for their discovery and seizure of two illegal shipments of…

(Moscow Bureau) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov took an academic moment to outline and share his contemporary visions on the emerging multipolar world, the conditions for integrating developing nations, particularly in the Global South, and further gave an overwhelming endorsement that Ukraine can join the European Union (EU) but not the military alliance NATO.…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday again expressed her opposition to the U.S. tariff policy, arguing there are more effective ways to strengthen a regional economy and resolve trade disputes between countries. “We haven’t agreed with the tariffs … nor has virtually any other country, because we believe there are other mechanisms … to strengthen…