New Age

Searching for an elusive peace

| Updated at 12:00am on November 17, 2018

India must remain engaged with the multiple processes underway on Afghan reconciliation, writes Rakesh Sood RUSSIA hosted a regional conference on Afghanistan in the past...
Congressional resolution is not enough!

by Brian Terrell | Updated at 12:00am on November 17, 2018

On November 14, the Republican majority in the US house of representatives blocked a resolution that its supporters say would end US participation in the...
Washington goes after dismemberment of EU

by Grete Mautner | Updated at 12:00am on November 17, 2018

AS EVIDENCED by the actions of the sitting American president Donald Trump, the whole system of international relations is getting revamped by Washington, and the...
The psychology of fascism

by Robert J Burrowes | Updated at 12:00am on November 17, 2018

THE continuing rise of fascism around the world is drawing increasing attention particularly as it takes firmer grip within national societies long seen to have...
The right war in a wrong way tramples rule of law

| Updated at 12:00am on November 16, 2018

TWO people suspected of peddling drug substances coming to die on Wednesday — one in ‘gunfight’ with the Detective Branch in Mymensingh and the other...
Govt must focus on slum people at health risks

| Updated at 12:00am on November 16, 2018

SLUM dwellers in Dhaka are at high risk of suffering from non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular ailments, referring to a study supported...
Bangladesh politics on the roller coaster

by M Serajul Islam | Updated at 12:00am on November 16, 2018

POLITICS in Bangladesh is on the roller coaster. The announcement by Jatiya Oikya Front, or the National Unity Front, that it will participate in the...
A question of writ

| Updated at 12:00am on November 16, 2018

The Sabarimala and Asia Bibi cases put the spotlight on how institutions adhere to constitutional principles, writes Sanjay Hegde ON THE streets of India and...