An invisible tango with death as Bangladesh deals with pol...
May 31 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Children walk on the street as smoke rises from a re-rolling mill in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 16, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Zardari and Fazl are seemingly using electoral reforms as...
May 17 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Early elections or not? That is the question. And it seems to be weighing heavy on the mind of everyone in the coalition government, al...
Press freedom: What does this slide in index indicate?
May 9 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Whenever any international organisation or institution praises Bangladesh’s development, the government policymakers start talkin...
Attack on Chinese
April 27 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A NEW wave of terrorism has been unleashed in the country. While the attacks are mostly aimed at our border regions by religiously moti...
Showing firmness
April 20 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
KANDAHAR: Protesters shout slogans against alleged Pakistani action in Afghan territory, at the Martyrs’ Square on Monday. The...
Army’s step back
April 15 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
With the political temperature at fever pitch, the DG ISPR’s press conference yesterday will act as a cold press on some of the m...
Beleaguered captain: On Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan
March 30 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Imran Khan will find survival as PM difficult now that he is not the Army's favourite
Prime Minister Imran Khan showed on Sunday t...
The captain’s gambit
March 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
It seems that the last wisps of the political fog that has clouded the federal capital since March 8 finally dissipated yesterday eveni...
Mohibullah murder: ARSA poses security threat
March 19 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The statements of the four accused in the murder of Rohingya leader Mohibullah revealed that he was not killed only because of the inte...
Missile misadventure
March 14 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
It was an incident that could have had catastrophic results. Luckily, the crashing of an Indian missile in Mian Channu on Wednesday was...
US dollar is no longer king as Asean adopts currency swaps
March 11 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Yi Gang, the governor of People’s Bank of China. Photo: EPA-EFE
China has been hard at work with its Asian neighbours to...
Does BNP have no right to political programmes?
March 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
BNP and its allies have been holding an 11-day programme to protest the rise in prices of essential commodities. The pr...
Geopolitical sandwich
March 1 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Nepal’s existence has been attributed to its fine balancing act between the two regional powers, India and China. The Himalayan r...
Indian media concerns
February 28 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Ever since he took off his lapel mike during a controversial tenure as chief minister of Gujarat, and walked away from a grilling TV in...
Punishing the Afghans
February 14 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
President Biden’s decision to begin the process of splitting half of the Afghan central bank’s assets on the deposit o...
Hijab controversy
February 12 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
In today’s India, the rabid forces of Hindutva appear hell-bent on baiting Muslims. Sometimes their antics are farcical, such as...
Quiet diplomacy
February 8 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Pakistan has emphatically rejected the statement of the Indian army chief in which he claimed that the ceasefire announced last year be...
For a civic solidarity: On citizenship for the Chakma/Hajo...
January 27 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The NHRC has done the right thing in directing the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Arunachal Pradesh government to submit an act...
Have big businesses pocketed all the stimulus funds?
January 25 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Two years after the outbreak of coronavirus, district level businessmen have raised questions as to where the stimulus allocated by the...
Reopening schools may be the last hope for Afghanistan
January 20 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Afghan girls pictured as they step out of their respective classes, in a school in Kandahar, on Sept 26, 2021. PHOTO: AFP
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Stop harassing families of the disappeared
January 19 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
We are extremely concerned at the way police have reportedly harassed the families of the victims of enforced disappearance. According...