The looming Persian storm

The potential for a full-scale military confrontation involving the United States (US), Israel, and Iran casts a long, dark shadow over the Bangladeshi economy, one that promises to be far more destabilising than the 2022 Ukraine crisis. This time, the threat is existential because it targets the two pillars of...

Women's rights: backlashes and advancement

International Women's Day 2026 has reiterated once again the significant role that women play in the context of socio-economic dimensions within the matrix of our world. Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the...