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Profiting from genocide

WAR is a business. So is genocide. The latest report submitted by Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, lists 48 corporations and institutions, including Palantir Technologies Inc., Lockheed Martin, Alphabet Inc., Amazon, International Business Machine Corporation, Caterpillar Inc., Microsoft Corporation and...

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National managers should break inertia to make roads safe

THE road transport system continues to be plagued with an entrenched culture of lawlessness, weak regulation and consequent accidents. The latest Road Safety Foundation report says that 696 died and 1,867 became injured in 689 traffic accidents in June alone. This comes down to an average of 23 death a day. This also marks a 22.55 per cent increase in fatalities from...

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Gaza war lucrative for many: UN report

Israel’s war on Gaza continues because it is lucrative for many big corporations, according to a new report released by  United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights, Francesca Albanese, in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Francesca Albanese, reports Al Jazeera.

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Gaza’s hunger games

ISRAEL’S weaponization of starvation is how genocides always end. I covered the insidious effects of orchestrated starvation in the Guatemalan Highlands during the genocidal campaign of General Efraín Ríos Montt, the famine in southern Sudan that left a quarter of a million dead — I walked past the frail and skeletal corpses of families lining roadsides — and later...

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Social dynamics of suicide

SUICIDE is the reflection of social Darwinism in society. Our excessive emphasis on economic surplus creates a vacuum among family members. Biological natural selection, deployed to construe social dynamics, gives rise to unhealthy competition in society. Outstanding performance is considered the only reason for our existence. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to...

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Spain PM alleges ‘genocide’ in Gaza as 56 more killed

Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday became the most prominent European leader to describe the situation in Gaza as a ‘genocide’, as rescuers in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory said Israeli forces killed 56 people...

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4 killed in road accidents

At least four people were killed in road accidents in Meherpur, Sylhet and Cumilla on Wednesday...

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Three killed in separate incidents in city

Three individuals, including an 18-year-old, were killed in separate violent incidents in the capital’s Khilgaon, Pallabi and Kamrangirchar between Sunday night and early Monday...

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Suicide blast kills 20 in Nigeria

A suicide attack in Nigeria’s Borno state by a woman allegedly acting for Boko Haram killed at least 20 anti-jihadist fighters, militia members told AFP on Saturday.

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From livestream genocide in Gaza to war on Iran

THE Orwellian G7 statement described Israel’s military attacks on Iran as ‘self‑defence.’ By twisting language to fit political ends, the communiqué normalises aggression and offers diplomatic cover for Israel’s serial violations of international law. Rather than condemning Israeli dangerous escalation, the G7 resorts to vague calls for ‘de-escalation,’ effectively...

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5 killed in road accidents

At least five people, including a Higher Secondary School Certificate examinee, were killed in road accidents in Nilphamari, Meherpur, Jhenaidah and Naogaon on Wednesday...

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Eight killed in road accidents

At least eight people were killed and 17 other injured in road accidents in Cox’s Bazar, Kushtia, Jaipurhat, Narail and Bogura on Monday.

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10 killed, 36 hurt in road accidents

At least 10 people were killed and 36 others injured in road accidents in eight districts, namely Gopalganj, Madaripur, Barishal, Sylhet, Bogura, Narsingdi, Nilphamari and Sherpur, on Sunday...