‘Bengal sees a fight between ‘Baro Bhuiyan’ and the Hindu...
January 24 ,2021
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By: Suvojit Bagchi, Kolkata
Ranabir Samaddar
West Bengal is set to witness perhaps the most communally polarised election in 2021 since India’s partitio...
Abolishing provincial councils is like playing with fire:...
January 5 ,2021
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By: Meera Srinivasan
Former President Maithripala Sirisena, who broke away from the Rajapaksas and secured a historic election win in 2015, is back with the...
Border killings by BSF: India claims they open fire in sel...
December 21 ,2020
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By: Golam Mortoza
Multiple agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed during a virtual summit between Bangladesh and India on Decembe...
Mahathir on Biden and China: It 'couldn't be worse' than T...
November 21 ,2020
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By: P Prem Kumar
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks with Nikkei Asia in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo by Wong Ying Xian)
U.S. President...
'Jammu & Kashmir issue is no longer a bilateral dispute',...
November 12 ,2020
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By: Dhairya Maheshwari
Former BJP politician Sudheendra Kulkarni, who has been a vocal advocate of resuming the stalled dialogue process between India and Pak...
Myanmar opposition vows to break Suu Kyi's spell over vote...
Thet Thet Khine, left, leader of the People's Pioneer Party, and Ko Ko Gyi, right, head of People's Party, will challenge&n...
Bangladesh must maintain geostrategic independence
October 14 ,2020
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By: Mizanur Rahman Khan
Maj Gen (red) ANM Muniruzzaman
Maj Gen (red) ANM Muniruzzaman is the president of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Strategic stud...
Nobel nomination is recognition for Afghan women fighting...
October 6 ,2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
Fawzia Koofi.
Afghanistan’s first woman Deputy Speaker in Parliament Fawzia Koofi talks about being nominated for the Nobel...
Troops Mobilisation on Border: ‘Myanmar putting kind of pr...
October 2 ,2020
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By: Golam Mortoza
Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain
Myanmar has recently deployed troops on the Bangladesh border. Bangladesh has expresse...
Stage is set for stronger Turkey-Bangladesh ties: FM Mome...
September 19 ,2020
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By: Sorwar Alam
The current level of bilateral relations between Ankara and Dhaka is ready for takeoff, said Bangladesh's top diplomat on a visit to Tu...
Pakistan’s new political map: A master stroke?
August 10 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Hassan Aslam Shad, an International Law expert based in the Middle East, has written extensively on International Lawfare. He has also...
In India, recovered Covid-19 patients are returning to hos...
July 24 ,2020
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By: Govindraj Ethiraj
It is quite clear now that the impact of Covid-19 lies way beyond influenza-like conditions, even for the majority who are not much aff...
Cost of excessive dependence on China is high: Deb Mukherj...
July 20 ,2020
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By: Soumya Bandyopadhyay
Deb Mukherjee
Relations between India and Nepal are fast souring, particularly since Nepal drew up a constitution. Replying to que...
How ‘A Burning’ author Megha Majumdar found inspiration in...
July 12 ,2020
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By: Devarsi Ghosh
Author Megha Majumdar. | Michal Labik
Somewhere in Bengal, a train is set on fire. A working-class young Muslim woman is hauled by...
Democracy Talks: A conversation with Wai Wai Nu
May 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Wai Wai Nu
Wai Wai Nu was imprisoned in Burma in 2005 as an 18-year old college student, along with her mother, sister, and fa...
‘Nazi-like situation emerging in India’: Emirati Princess
May 4 ,2020
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By: Mandira Nayar
Princess Hend Al Qassimi, who belongs to the royal family of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has become the woman of the moment by ta...
People may criticise us, but environment is top priority f...
February 11 ,2020
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By: Suhasini Haidar
Last week, Bhutan’s government took two important decisions which could impact its regional ties, especially with India. The firs...
‘India doesn’t understand the area from a people-to-people...
February 10 ,2020
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By: Amish Raj Mulmi
Sujeev Shakya
Sujeev Shakya is best known as Nepal’s CEO, or “chief eternal optimist”. A decade after Unleas...
Will invite Turkey to join multi-billion dollar CPEC proje...
February 3 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said diplomatic efforts have brought down tension in the Middle East following the recent US-Iran c...
Interview with Iraq’s President: Where will US-Iran tensio...
January 6 ,2020
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By: Robin Wright
Protesters in Tehran demonstrated against a US air strike, in Iraq, that killed the Iranian general and foreign-military mastermind...
Doyenne of Muslim activists says Lanka can return to commu...
December 23 ,2019
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By: SAM Staff
Jezima Ismail (84) is a prominent Sri Lankan educator and social activist who is seen as the country’s Matriarch of Muslim civil...
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