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  US-Canada and Venezuela’s Bay of Pigs

  Eric Walberg | Updated at 12:00am on April 02, 2019

  THE Canadian government under Justin Trudeau is undermining not just Canada’s (ok, undeserved) reputation as an honest, fair mediator, but he has chosen 2019 to...

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  Against green nationalism

  James Trafford | Updated at 12:00am on April 02, 2019

  WHILST the devastation wrecked by cyclone Idai barely registers in British news cycles, we should remember that climate change was responsible for around 5000 deaths...

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  Class struggle, socialism are only answer

  Chris Marsden | Updated at 12:00am on April 02, 2019

  THE prospect of leaving the European Union has provoked the deepest crisis of rule in the post-war history of British imperialism. But the great danger...

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  Uganda model can be an option

  Adhit Rahman | Updated at 12:00am on April 02, 2019

  DESPITE our efforts, the Rohingya refugee crisis is unlikely to end anytime soon. The crisis has presented us with both opportunities and hardships. The government’s...

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  Hawkers’ woes need to be addressed at any cost

  | Updated at 12:00am on April 02, 2019

  HUNDREDS of hawkers at a sit-in on Sunday demanded rehabilitation before evicting them from footpath and the framing of a hawkers’ rehabilitation policy. They also...

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  Financial services for marginal farmers must be ensured

  | Updated at 12:00am on April 02, 2019

  INADEQUATE attention to agriculture has affected the steady growth in the agricultural sector. Such a phenomenon is reflected in the declining share of agriculture in...

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  A secret history of self-interest

  | Updated at 12:00am on April 01, 2019

  ON TUESDAY in the British parliament, Labour’s shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry asked an urgent question relating to allegations that British troops have been covertly fighting in Yemen and supporting the Saudi-led coalition....

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  A blow against Article 370

  | Updated at 12:00am on April 01, 2019

  ON MARCH 1, 2019, the 77th and 103rd constitutional amendments were extended to Jammu and Kashmir by a presidential order, with the concurrence of the J&K Governor....

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  China and Macron’s U-turn

  by Peter Koenig | Updated at 12:00am on April 01, 2019

  LESS than a week ago, president Macron was lambasting Italy for signing agreements with China in the context of their New Silk Road, alias President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative, in the same breath he was criticizing China for attempting to undermine Europe with new trade individual country deals under the pretext of BRI....

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  Haor region needs ecologically sound, inclusive plans

  | Updated at 12:00am on April 01, 2019

  THE ecosystem of the haors and wetlands in Bangladesh’s north-east plays a vital role in ensuring food security and keeping the environmental balance.....