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American politics and foreign strategies: effulgence of the dark side of democracy?

Md Talebur Islam Rupom | Updated at 12:00am on January 24, 2021

The United States account for 79 per cent weapon trade in the world resulting in a USD 143 billion industry on an average per year. The United States exported four times more arms around the globe than the next nine countries combined. So, the USA needs to cultivate wars and conflicts inside a country and across the globe. Otherwise, their trillion dollars arms-based economy will collapse, writes Md Talebur Islam Rupom
Journey to Silence: memoirs of a surgeon

Md Shamshul Arafin | Updated at 12:00am on January 24, 2021

The book Journey to Silence is an autobiography of a retired trauma surgeon Ajmal Sobhan, published from the University Press Limited in 2020. Md Shamshul Arafin reviews the book
Student organisations express solidarity with protesting KU students

New Age Youth desk | Updated at 03:38pm on January 23, 2021

Different student organisations held a rally on Friday in front of the Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka expressing solidarity with the two protesting students of Khulna University.
Stories of young entrepreneurs

Nasir Uz Zaman | Updated at 12:00am on January 17, 2021

In the context of rising unemployment in Bangladesh, some enterprising youth have taken control of their future and created work for themselves and others. Nasir Uz Zaman writes about some of the successful youth entrepreneurs
Sensitising the desensitised: Rafeef Ziadah’s spoken words

Md Mashiur Rahaman | Updated at 12:00am on January 17, 2021

The poetry of Rafeef Ziadah, who chooses to be identified as a Palestinian refugee, is powerful because of its universality of feelings. The feelings that...
The conundrum of free media vs fair trial

Fariha Anjum | Updated at 12:00am on January 17, 2021

Media trials are exacerbating at an unprecedented scale every day. The impact of such trials in pending cases impedes the process of ensuring justice besides...
iSocial and VoiceBridge enter into strategic partnership

New Age Youth desk | Updated at 12:00am on January 17, 2021

iSocial and VoiceBridge Bangladesh Limited announced their collaboration for strategic partnership and investment on January 12, 2021.
Jitsi Meet: a user friendly video conferencing app

Yeanur Shifat | Updated at 12:00am on January 17, 2021

Exactly a year ago or so, does parents or teachers thought that there would be a need to do online classes? Or they even heard of Zoom or Google Meet? The answer is no for most of the cases.