Israeli strikes kill 40 Palestinians
Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera said its cameraman Ahmed al-Louh was killed 鈥榠n an Israeli bombardment鈥� that targeted Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza...
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Palestinian leader Abbas lays ground for succession
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday announced who would replace him in an interim period when the post becomes vacant, effectively removing the Islamist movement Hamas from any involvement in a future transition.
Freeing Palestine from occupation urged
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was observed on Friday in the country as elsewhere across the globe.
Art exhibition expresses solidarity with Palestine
In a tribute to the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Embassy of Palestine in Dhaka on Friday hosted an art exhibition featuring the artworks of Bangladeshi artist Tahina Tabani.
Bangladesh urges EU to recognise Palestine
Bangladesh has urged the European Union member states to expedite their formal recognition of the State of Palestine, affirming this as a crucial step toward legitimising and empowering...
DU students show solidarity with Palestine
On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a 鈥楳arch for Palestine鈥� began at around 3:30pm at the Anti-Violence Raju Memorial Sculpture at Dhaka University attended by the students and others on Friday.
Professor Yunus reaffirms Bangladesh鈥檚 support for Palestine
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday reiterated Bangladesh鈥檚 unwavering commitment to justice, freedom, peace, and supporting the Palestinian quest for the full realisation of all of their inalienable rights, and aspirations to live...
Upholding solidarity and economic imperatives
THE recent escalation in the Middle East, associated with intensified Israeli military operations in Gaza, has drawn constant global attention. The war has made ripple effects on Lebanon, Yemen and Iran. The ongoing conflict has provoked responses from Iran, striking missiles directly on Israel, which is unprecedented, in response to the death of many...
Voting against genocide
ARAB and Muslim American voters did not remove Democrats from office, nor did they cost Kamala Harris the Oval Office. They merely sent a strong message that Palestine matters, not only to Arabs and Muslims but to many Americans as well...
PSG 'Free Palestine' banner has no place in football: French minister
A gigantic banner proclaiming 鈥楩ree Palestine鈥� unfurled by Paris Saint-Germain supporters at a Champions League match has no place in a football stadium, France's interior minister said on Thursday.
Genocidal scorecard
A United Nations report, published on Monday, lays out in chilling detail the advances made by Israel in Gaza as it seeks to eradicate 鈥榯he very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine.鈥� This genocidal project, the report ominously warns, 鈥榠s now metastasizing to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.鈥�..
UN proposal for a 鈥榮afe zone鈥�
THE war and conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, Palestine and Israel, and others 鈥擝angladesh鈥檚 own political situation for the last couple of months, as it appears 鈥� turned the Rohingya refugee crisis a 鈥榣ess important鈥� concern. But the situation of the Rohingyas in Cox鈥檚 Bazar is dire. On the one hand, the number of Rohingya has been increasing...
Parties, orgs demand end to Israeli attacks on Palestine, Lebanon聽
Different political parties and organisations on Monday held separate rallies in Dhaka, protesting against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.
Netanyahu鈥檚 dangerous militarism
THE mainstream media has been largely critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin鈥檚 dangerous use of military power, and largely supportive of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 equally dangerous use of military power.聽 The leading proponents of these contrasting views have been David Ignatius in the Washington Post and Bret Stephens...
Protesters march cities around world for Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities around the world over the weekend calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war in the Palestinian territory neared the one-year mark...
LDA demands expulsion of Israel from UN
Leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance, a combine of six left political parties, on Wednesday at rally in Dhaka demanded the expulsion of Israel from United Nation for its atrocities in Palestine and Lebanon...
As legacies of colonialism go
PALESTINE and Kashmir have too readily been likened to each other and to this end, they were mentioned in the same breath last week at the United Nations 鈥� not for the first time 鈥� by Pakistan鈥檚 prime minister...
Yunus reaffirms Bangladesh鈥檚 support for Palestine
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday reaffirmed Bangladesh鈥檚 continued support for the State of Palestine and its people.
Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 21
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency reported 21 killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, the latest attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians where the...
Evolution of Zionist aggression
THE most significant recent escalation in the ongoing Zionist real estate project, enabled by apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people, occurred on October 7, 2023, when Hamas fighters broke through Gaza鈥檚 prison fence, carrying out a bloody incursion on Israeli military installations and border towns. Since, the Israel 鈥楧efence鈥� Forces have...
Gaza talks set to resume in Cairo as fighting rages
Negotiators geared up for a crucial weekend of Gaza ceasefire talks Saturday, as Hamas said it was sending delegates to Cairo but would not participate in the discussions, and fighting raged in the Palestinian territory....
From Nakba to second intifada
SO IN 1948, Israel captured 78 per cent of Palestine (the UN Partition plan had originally given Israel 55 per cent although Jews formed only one-third of the population at the time). To...
Gaza death toll tops 40,000
The health ministry in Gaza said over 40,000 Palestinians had been killed to date after Israel attacked the Hamas-run territory following Hamas鈥檚 unprecedented October 7 attack on southern Israel.
Politics and role of BDS movement 鈥� I
AT THE outset I want to beg your indulgence and forgive me for a somewhat misleading title, 鈥楾he Role of BDS in the Struggle for Palestine鈥�. A better title might have been 鈥楾he politics of BDS and the struggle for Palestine.鈥� What I want to do tonight is to go back to the basics, as it were, and think about how BDS fits into the long history of the struggle for self-determination in Palestine...
From word to deeds
THE recognition of Palestine by Ireland, Norway, Slovenia and Spain shows how European diplomacy can go from words to deeds. Coupled with concrete steps to affect domestic change on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides, this could help mobilise international diplomacy behind the EU鈥檚 longstanding foreign policy goal of securing...
Even in Palestine, birds shall return
ON JULY 26, senior United Nations officials briefed the UN Security Council about the terrible situation in Gaza. 鈥楳ore than two million people in Gaza remain trapped in an endless nightmare of death and destruction on a staggering scale鈥�, said deputy commissioner general Antonia De Meo of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees...
15 people killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City
At least 15 Palestinians were killed during an Israeli bombing of a school sheltering displaced families in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City on Thursday, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported...
No more moral compromises on Palestine
WHY are many amongst us still tiptoeing around language when it comes to the horrific Israeli genocide in Gaza?..
Palestinians detained by Israel subjected to 鈥榯orture鈥�
Palestinians detained during the Gaza war by Israel have largely been held in secret and in some cases subjected to treatment that may amount to torture, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Hamas chief Haniyeh killed in Israeli strike
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he was attending the swearing-in of the new president...
