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Why Yunus’s alliance with the Aliyevs threatens Bangladesh’s credibility

Why Yunus’s alliance with the Aliyevs threatens Bangladesh’s credibility

The spectacle of Muhammad Yunus rolling out the red carpet for Leyla and Arzu Aliyeva (the scandal-stained daughters of Azerbaijan’s authoritarian...

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Trump’s National Security Strategy: A blueprint for power and Its consequences for South Asia

Trump’s National Security Strategy: A blueprint for power and Its consequences for South Asia

If one were to distill Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy- November 2025 worldview into a single sentence, it would likely read: win the...

10.12.2025 10

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Bangladesh heading towards absolute uncertainty

There are moments in the life of a nation when the political noise is so deafening, the confusion so layered, that one must pause to examine the...

09.12.2025 30

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Youth-led protests sweep Germany as Merz pushes controversial conscription revival

Germany is once again grappling with a national debate many believed had been permanently settled more than a decade ago. After the Bundestag approved...

08.12.2025 20

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UN’s secret security scandal: How millions in aid money flowed to Assad’s intelligence network

UN’s secret security scandal: How millions in aid money flowed to Assad’s intelligence network

For more than a decade, the United Nations publicly portrayed itself as a neutral humanitarian actor navigating the complexities of Syria’s civil...

07.12.2025 40

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Putin’s visit to India: Strengthening ties amid sanctions and global shifts

Putin’s visit to India: Strengthening ties amid sanctions and global shifts

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on December 4 for his tenth official visit to India, a trip that carries significant...

05.12.2025 20

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Swiss lawyer from Panama Papers firm faces German tax evasion trial

Swiss lawyer from Panama Papers firm faces German tax evasion trial

Christoph Zollinger, a Swiss lawyer and former senior executive at the controversial Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, is set to face trial in...

04.12.2025 60

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Pakistan’s nuclear insecurity: A dangerous legacy of military negligence

Pakistan’s nuclear insecurity: A dangerous legacy of military negligence

For decades, Pakistan has wrapped its nuclear program in the mythology of national pride, strategic deterrence, and military guardianship. The...

03.12.2025 10

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A digital fog: Bot networks, media manipulation, and the attempt to rehabilitate Dan Gertler in the DRC

A digital fog: Bot networks, media manipulation, and the attempt to rehabilitate Dan Gertler in the DRC

A sophisticated network of bot-like social media accounts and Congolese media outlets has been pushing a misleading narrative designed to sanitize the...

02.12.2025 10

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Maduro mobilizes Venezuela’s military as Washington signals possible escalation

Maduro mobilizes Venezuela’s military as Washington signals possible escalation

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has intensified warnings of potential US aggression, urging his country’s armed forces-particularly the...

30.11.2025 20

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How an ideological extremist web of Muhammad Yunus stretches from Dhaka to Washington

American politics has always had its share of improbable characters slipping into positions of influence, but few stories reveal a deeper and more...

28.11.2025 30

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China-US dialogue highlights Taiwan issue amid Japan’s rising regional provocations

China-US dialogue highlights Taiwan issue amid Japan’s rising regional provocations

On the evening of November 24, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald J Trump engaged in a significant phone conversation that captured...

27.11.2025 20

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India commissions INS Mahe boosting Indigenous anti-submarine warfare and coastal defense capabilities

India commissions INS Mahe boosting Indigenous anti-submarine warfare and coastal defense capabilities

India has taken another significant step toward strengthening its maritime security and expanding its indigenous defense capabilities with the...

25.11.2025 10

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Jamaat emir warns ‘genocide’ during election day in Bangladesh

Jamaat emir warns ‘genocide’ during election day in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is drifting toward one of the most consequential elections in its history, yet the public conversation is increasingly hijacked by...

24.11.2025 10

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US sanctions Canadian ex-Olympian running global cocaine trafficking and murder network

US sanctions Canadian ex-Olympian running global cocaine trafficking and murder network

The United States has imposed sweeping sanctions on Ryan James Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder who has transformed from celebrated...

23.11.2025 30

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‘Russiagate’ may bring the ‘Clinton Foundation’ and ‘Grameen America’ under scrutiny

For nearly a decade, ‘Russiagate’ has hovered over American politics like a stubborn cloud—dark, unresolved, and politically radioactive. Donald...

23.11.2025 40

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Europol’s crackdown on crypto-funded digital piracy signals a new era in global IP enforcement

Europol’s latest announcement marks a significant escalation in Europe’s campaign against digital piracy and illegal streaming networks. Between...

21.11.2025 40

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How do violent criminal doctors keep their licenses in Finland?

The integrity of any health care system depends largely on public trust. Patients must believe that the doctors treating them are not only...

20.11.2025 20

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France’s Rafale courtship of Zelensky: Geopolitics, corruption, and a $10 billion mirage

French President Emmanuel Macron’s grand announcement of a “letter of intention” to supply up to 100 Rafale fighter jets to Ukraine should have...

19.11.2025 10

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Ethiopia confirms first deadly Marburg virus outbreak as Africa faces mounting public-health crises

Ethiopia has confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD), adding another layer of strain to a continent already confronting multiple...

19.11.2025 20

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Clashes erupt in Mexico City as ‘Gen Z’ protest turns violent

Mexico City witnessed one of its most turbulent nights of the year on November 15, as a massive anti-government demonstration led predominantly by...

17.11.2025 10

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Trump’s Pakistan shift: Personal interests threaten US-India strategic partnership

In 2018, President Donald Trump’s first social-media post of the year captured a sentiment long held by many observers of US-Pakistan relations....

16.11.2025 10

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Tunisia faces alarming repression as Saied intensifies crackdown on dissent

Tunisia, once hailed as the lone democratic success story of the Arab Spring, is now slipping deeper into authoritarian rule as President Kais...

15.11.2025 7

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EU faces reckoning as $100 million corruption scandal engulfs Zelensky’s Ukraine

For years, the European Union has treated Ukraine under President Volodymyr Zelensky as a recovering addict – one who just needs a bit more...

14.11.2025 20

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Lebanon’s deadly dilemma: Disarm Hezbollah or face another devastating war

A year after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon once again stands on the brink of chaos. What was supposed to be a fragile truce has...

13.11.2025 30

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Yunus regime orchestrates atrocities against the Christian minority in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, once hailed as a beacon of religious tolerance in South Asia, now stands at a perilous crossroads. The recent resurgence of attacks on the...

10.11.2025 20

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Is this Luxurious ‘hotel complex’ a future residence for Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko?

In the exclusive Russian ski resort town of Krasnaya Polyana, a sprawling new development is nearing completion, promising luxury, exclusivity, and...

09.11.2025 10

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Trump’s AI-generated video revives nuclear testing threat and sparks global alarm

In a move that has shocked global observers and reignited Cold War-era anxieties, US President Donald Trump has reiterated his intention to restart...

07.11.2025 20

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Ghana and Trump accused of bargaining human lives for visas and economic gains

The US-Ghana deportation deal has sparked a wave of anger and moral outrage across Ghana and among its diaspora, as accusations of human rights abuses...

06.11.2025 10

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France puts cement giant Lafarge on trial for allegedly financing ISIS

A French court has begun one of the most significant corporate trials in recent history, placing multinational cement producer Lafarge in the dock...

06.11.2025 10

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Civilizations reawaken as the unipolar world fractures into a Multipolar future

The 21st century’s geopolitical horizon resembles a fault line – trembling, shifting, and redefining the order that once seemed unshakable. The...

04.11.2025 10

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Trump threatens military action in Nigeria over alleged Christian killings

US President Donald Trump has once again ignited global controversy after threatening possible military action in Nigeria, accusing the West African...

03.11.2025 10

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Pakistan and Turkey attempting to destabilize Bangladesh through armed revolt

In a recent podcast interview, Maj (retd) Akhtaruzzaman, a veteran of the Bangladesh Army and now a BNP political figure, issued an extraordinary...

01.11.2025 6

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Trapped and forgotten: Rohingya struggle for survival amid aid cuts, restrictions

The Rohingya crisis, one of the longest and most intractable humanitarian catastrophes in modern history, is entering a darker phase. Years after...

31.10.2025 10

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Free Monjurul Alam Panna: When truth becomes a crime in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh today, the detention of Monjurul Alam Panna stands as an ominous testament to the shrinking space for free journalism and civic debate....

30.10.2025 10

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Sudan’s war reveals the future of global conflict and the collapse of diplomacy

The war in Sudan, which has already claimed at least 150,000 lives, displaced over 11 million people, and plunged half the population into acute food...

27.10.2025 9

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The legal farce of phantom plaintiffs centering return of ‘disappeared’

It is one of those stories that make both lawyers and laymen pause: a group of former army officers, once declared “forcibly disappeared” during...

26.10.2025 60

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The EU’s Russian gas ban turns into self-inflicted energy dilemma

The European Union has once again thrust itself into a self-inflicted energy dilemma. On October 20, the European Council announced that all new...

21.10.2025 60

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Blame-game centering Bangladesh Army: A broader plot of rattling sovereignty and regional security

There are moments in a nation’s life when it must pause, reflect, and ask: who truly stands guard when the storm arrives? In Bangladesh, that answer...

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Geothermal energy could power Africa’s green industrial future

Africa stands at a crucial crossroads in its pursuit of sustainable development. With ambitions to achieve universal energy access, drive...

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The perils of politicizing justice for Bangladesh’s uniformed guardians

The recent decision by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to issue arrest warrants in enforced-disappearance cases has reignited a bitter...

17.10.2025 60

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North Africa’s rising role in the future of global supply chains

North Africa is quietly undergoing one of the most consequential economic transformations of the 21st century. Once viewed primarily as a geopolitical...

13.10.2025 60

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Türkiye seeks to forge new bridge between Syria and the Turkic world

At a time of shifting alliances and emerging power vacuums, Türkiye is seeking to reshape the political map of Eurasia and the Middle East by...

13.10.2025 40

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Why the DGFI deserves a fair hearing – and why secrecy matters

The recent flurry of arrest warrants and criminal proceedings against several former and serving officers of the Directorate General of Forces...

11.10.2025 60

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Syria’s first post-Assad elections signal a fragile but genuine step toward unity

Syria’s long and harrowing chapter of war, repression, and displacement may finally be giving way to a new era of cautious optimism. For the first...

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US tariffs could drag South Asia’s economic growth below expectations in 2026

The World Bank has issued a sobering warning for South Asia, forecasting that the region’s economic growth will slow down significantly in 2026 due...

08.10.2025 60

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Disposable yet indispensable refugees and the precarious backbone of the global economy

Refugees today stand at the uneasy intersection of desperation and economic necessity – indispensable to the functioning of global markets yet...

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The US steps back, China steps forward: Redefining multilateralism at the United Nations

When the United States retreats, the world does not stand still—it recalibrates. Nowhere is this truer than at the United Nations, the institution...

06.10.2025 70

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Ukraine’s battlefield becomes testing ground in Europe’s new arms ‘gold rush’

The war in Ukraine, now well into its third year, has become more than a bloody geopolitical struggle between Moscow and Kiev. It has also turned into...

06.10.2025 60

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Bangladesh as the battleground: How Pakistan and Turkey are reigniting jihad

The fall of authoritarian ruler Sheikh Hasina in August 2024 has transformed Bangladesh into a contested arena of foreign influence, with dangerous...

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