Bangladesh flood situation likely to get worse, cry for help grows louder
Locals said many people have taken shelter on nearby highways or river banks as the flood centres are either overcrowded or located far away from their homes.
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Stateless refugees and the calculus of human worth
World Refugee Day is a good day to talk about how our world deals with statelessness. But maybe the conversation ought to start with the state.
Have we already started seeing the Rohingya refugee crisis differently?
The writer says the shift in the 2022 Joint Response Plan and its focus on environmental sustainability seems to highlight a strategic and philosophical shift in response to the…
New assault on the freedom of the press and expression
It has been an age-old practice that the media stands together. But now some television channel owners are trying to debilitate newspapers.
Can the ‘fringe’ make the BJP cringe?
India is in hot water over derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad made by two ruling party leaders.
“Agnipath”: Why is India’s armed forces reform triggering protests?
Under the new scheme, around 50,000 soldiers will be recruited annually and most will be eased out in just four years.
Sonny Boy is the best of what anime has to offer
A story about 9th graders who start developing supernatural abilities, the author writes, “The main hooks are the subtly-included idiosyncratic storytelling and cultural…
When urbanisation and waterlogging go hand-in-hand
The writer says it is just a matter of time before Dhaka will face severe waterlogging-related problems given persistent rains.
Bangladesh govt to go all out to arrest price spiral, PM asks to lift all taxes on imported essentials
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also said food inflation is the main concern across the globe following the Ukraine-Russia war and the Covid-induced global recession.
118 Bangladeshi journalists attacked till May this year: Article 19
The organisation said that there were 62 incidents where journalists were physically assaulted.