Nazry Bahrawi, Literary and cultural critic at Singapore University of Technology and Design/ Aljazeera While Chu’s film is celebrated as a diversity win in the West, in the East it’s seen as more of the same Western gaze. The blockbuster rom-com, Crazy Rich Asians, has earned much praise from critics and millions at the box…
Theresa May,Prime Minister of Britain/ Gulf News The coming months will be critical in shaping the future of our country [Britain] and I am clear about my mission. This government will fulfil the democratic decision of the British people by ensuring that the United Kingdom leaves the European Union (EU) on March 29 next year…
Peter Apps, Reuters global affairs columnist/ Channel NewsAsia If the Afghan government can win its current battle, the war may finally begin to show tentative signs of success, says one observer. On the streets of the city of Ghazni, Afghan troops and Taliban fighters battled for the future of Afghanistan. It was a savage fight….
Md. Sazedul Islam, Author & Journalist Women are making essential contributions to our agriculture and rural economy. Rural women often manage complex households. Their activities typically include producing agricultural crops, tending animals, processing and preparing food. Many of these activities are not defined as “economically active employment” in national accounts but they are essential to…
Md Sharif Hasanis, Commentator on international politics/BDnews24 More than four million people, nearly the population of Croatia, will no longer be Indian citizens, according to the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The decision was made by the state government of Assam recently when it announced its citizen list. This exercise has been conducted for the…
Seth Ferranti//OZY.com This Prussian baroness wrote erotic poetry and mainlined morphine until Nazis took exception to her flair for decadence. Baron Heinrich von Puttkamer was dying of pneumonia. As the Prussian noble and high-ranking army officer struggled to draw his last, ragged breaths in the late summer of 1914, the attending physician injected him with…
John Lloyd/ Reuters When the pope is given a cool, even combative, welcome in the Republic of Ireland, the Roman Catholic Church is in trouble. The country had been – from its founding as the Irish Free State in the early 1920s after a violent break with the United Kingdom – deeply influenced by Catholic…
Desk Report: Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia has suspended its two staff allegedly for torturing domestic help Runa Laila, reports Daily Observer. The embassy took the decision following reports on repression on the victim published in different print and electronic media in the country. The suspended are legal assistants Md Lokman and Fahad Islam, said…
Desk Report: Misuse of stickers of professionals has become rampant in the capital, reports Daily Sun. Many people in the city are found using vehicles with stickers of certain professionals or institutions pasted on its front or rear glasses illegally to avoid police action. Generally, police do not check the vehicles with stickers of press,…
Desk Report: Four members of the Travelettes of Bangladesh, a Facebook-based group of female travellers, concluded their tour of Barisal region on Saturday, visiting historical places and raising awareness among schoolgirls, reports Daily Star. Members of this group have so far visited 26 districts of the country starting from April 6, and the southern region…