Drivers of extremism
WHAT compels a mob to burn someone to death? What explains such amplified levels of anger that an accusation against some person from a marginalised group leads to a lynching?...
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Make-believe politics
WE LIVE in a world of make-believe politics, a world where strings pulled in the interests of the super-rich are ever more visible....
Elections not participatory due to crisis in politics: CEC
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Monday said that elections in the country are not being participatory due to a crisis in politics...
Criminalisation of politics blamed for economic crisis
Politicians and academics on Saturday at a discussion said that the economy of the country was facing a serious crisis for criminalisation of politics and...
S Africa鈥檚 genocide case against Israel
THE Israeli-Hamas war is a complex, tragic, and enduring issue in contemporary global politics. The South African government has always expressed deep concern over Israel鈥檚 ruthless military operations against the Palestinian people. Indeed, the governing party, the African National Congress, has a long history of solidarity and sympathy for the Palestinian struggle...
Politics, to serve people, must remain free of moneyed clout
AN ABNORMAL increase in the moveable and immovable assets of public representatives and public office holders has for long been an issue of concern. Such an abnormal increase in wealth certainly shows an association between tenure in office and a rapid increase in income and wealth, suggesting corrupt practices...
What is critical global geopolitics?
FOR overwhelming western political analysts, journalists, scientists, etc, the disappearance of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1990-91 was symbolised overdramatically by the physical destruction of the Berlin Wall followed by the...
State agencies, political parties must not make politics expensive
AN INCREASE in the moveable assets of candidates re-running for the position of the chair in the upazila council elections in the first phase that take place today, as Transparency International Bangladesh findings show, and an issue that...
Politics of ailments in India and South Asia
THIS is not a headline to capture public attention but to describe the case of Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Admi Party, now in prison on corruption charges and the accusation that he was using his ailment as an excuse to seek...
Writers consciously, unconsciously explore politics: Faizul Islam
Fiction writer and essayist Faizul Islam has said that writers consciously or unconsciously explore politics in their works.
BUET: politics or no politics?
It鈥檚 not that the output of such democratic politics cannot be revisited. If some members of the community feel that they need to revisit the ban, the process is open...
Toxic politics at public univs
NELSON Mandela described 鈥榚ducation as the most powerful weapon to change the world.鈥� John Dewey said, 鈥楨ducation is not just preparation for life; education is life itself.鈥� Bangladeshis are watching...
The other worldliness of secular politics
SECULAR politics represents a decisive ideological stance. Such politics may not be expected to show an infatuation with any religion, religious views, or phenomena. In its firm...
Politics is constitutional right, hooliganism is not
The High Court coming to allow activities of all political organisations on the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology campus by granting a stay on the decision...
General students, BCL face off over student politics
The students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and the ruling party鈥檚 student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League are engaged in protests and counter-protests over the resumption of politics on the university campus.