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The United States had wanted to see free and fair elections in Bangladesh. They went as far as to take stern measures such as imposing visa restrictions to this end, stirring tensions and unease in relations between the two countries. On his recent visit to Bangladesh, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Central and…
Israel and Iran have finally come out of the closet with their unquenchable thirst for might and prevalence over the region. These two equally obstinate countries are no longer fighting a shadow war, and this raises significant concern for multiple stakeholders, including the Palestinians and the Sunni Arab states. In Iran’s defence, one could say…
We are all aware of the recent fiasco during a Dhaka Premier League (DPL) match when two veteran cricket teams, Mohammedan Sporting Club and Prime Bank Cricket Club, reportedly expressed dissatisfaction over the appointment of an on-field female umpire to officiate their match. Though initially it was thought to be a gender issue, both the…
Imagine an invisible serial killer lurking around the corner, waiting to suck the life out of you with its all-consuming, toxic embrace. This is what Dhaka’s air has become. Every day, millions of people breathe in and breathe out Dhaka’s toxic air, full of pollutants and carcinogenic heavy metals and chemical elements like arsenic, lead,…
I am neither a musician nor a music critic. Nor am I trained in assessing the technicality of a music performance. However, as a trained feminist anthropologist, I love to follow—borrowing Arjun Appadurai’s phrase—the social life of things. Since Coke Studio Bangla launched in Bangladesh in 2022, it has been fascinating to follow its social life….
Back in 2015 when Liverpool first announced that Jurgen Klopp would be taking on the reigns at Anfield, I let out a sad sigh. As an avid Arsenal fan, I was finally coming to terms that one day Arsene Wenger would have to move on and there we were, allowing every possible candidate to slip…
The words “reset,” “rebuild”, and “strengthen” normally imply the use of mechanical tools to reconstruct something that needs repair. However, the same words—when put in the context of diplomacy—can, and do, have the same connotations. During the just-concluded visit to Dhaka by the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu,…
Three workers died after falling from the 11th floor of an under-construction building in the capital’s Basabo area on Friday (17 May). The deceased were identified as Altaf Hossain, 40, Antar, 25, and Mafizul Islam, 20. Confirming the matter, Sobujbag Police Station Officer in Charge Proloy Kumar Saha told the Daily Samakal that three of…
A Jamalpur court today sent six members of a teenage gang to jail in a case filed for allegedly attacking a train passenger in Jamalpur’s Sadar upazila last night. Police arrested three of the gang along with homemade weapons from the spot while the rest three were arrested from nearby areas of Piyarpur Railway Station…
The members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in several anti-drug campaigns arrested a total of 34 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during the last 24 hours. The DB in association with local police carried out the drives simultaneously at different parts of the metropolis from 6…
