India celebrated its 74th Independence Day on 15 August 2020. The celebration of Independence Day is to remember the sacrifices of freedom fighters of India, who fought against the exploitative British colonial power. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had led India’s non-violent struggle for independence. Going with tradition, India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, unfurled the national flag […]
The GCC states, under Saudi leadership, are having an affair with Zionist Israel for a long time. Deep rooted paranoia against Iran encouraged the leaders of the GCC to make friendship with the foremost adversary of the Muslims in general and Arab Muslims in particular. The US has been effectively playing the role of cupid […]
In October of last year, Hillary Clinton made headlines for Tulsi Gabbard when she accused the congresswoman from Hawaii of being “a favorite of the Russians” and suggested that Gabbard was being “groomed” by Russia to run for president on a third-party ticket. Tulsi Gabbard, who was then running for president, initially benefited from the attention. She filed a […]
You know it’s only going to be a matter of time before US President Donald Trump comes up with cutting Twitter moniker for Senator Kamala Harris. The US senator holding one of the two California seats was chosen on Tuesday evening by “Sleepy” — Trump’s words, not mine — Joe Biden as his running mate […]
Over the past one and a half decades or so, there has been all sorts of political debate in various countries of the world, condemning extrajudicial killings by the law enforcement agencies. But there is no dilemma or differences within the important establishments of the country about this issue. Even the government-nominated opposition in parliament […]
Although the US presidential election is less than 90 days away, it is—unlike any other election year before—not at the center of public discourse or media coverage. Summer used to be the time of party conventions and nominations; campaigns used to kick off, with much fanfare, and media pundits used to slice and dice polling […]
The explosions that devastated Beirut have shown the world the ugly, but true, face of Lebanon; like the thousands of windows shattered by the shock wave, any illusion of a functional state has been blown to bits. A nation that has so often had to pretend that things were okay has been suffering from institutional […]
Sheikh Hasina, the longest ruling authoritarian prime minister of Bangladesh, occupied the state power in 2008 essentially as a product of the Bush doctrine of the so-called ‘War On Terror’. The fundamental foreign policy agenda of the neo-con administration of President Bush was to impose regime change in Muslim majority countries, either by unilateral military […]
Hezbollah and Israel were last week involved in clashes in the south of Lebanon. Hezbollah had reportedly fired a missile at an Israeli tank in the Shebaa Farms area. Miraculously, the skirmishes were contained in a matter of hours. The confrontation was quickly contained as the Lebanese armed forces and UN Interim Force in Lebanon interfered. […]
In Bangladesh, before finishing one dispute, a bigger one appears and knocks at the door. Dramas were staged consecutively under the patronages of the government. Sumon, Piplu, Sabrina, Shahed, pillow drama, screen drama, covid-19 reality, lack of testing, dislike of Dr. Zafarullah, etc. are all attached and manipulated by only one critical hand. In the […]