Is ICC being used as a political tool of convenience?

May 12, 2023

Lt. Gen. Dr. MOHAMMAD MAHFUZUR RAHMAN Neither Russia nor Ukraine is a member of the ICC ( same as Myanmar, however, Bangladesh is a member of the ICC), which would have granted it automatic jurisdiction to investigate crimes committed by Russia during the ongoing invasion. Despite this, on March 17, 2023, as part of its […]Continue Reading

Why does UN acknowledge Bangladesh efforts to implement CHT Peace Accord finally?

May 9, 2023

MEHJABIN BHANU The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has acknowledged the progress made in implementing the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord, in its report on its 22nd session, held in New York from April 17 to 28. The Bangladesh delegation spoke about the achievements of the government in the implementation of the agreement during various […]Continue Reading

How important is Rohingya repatriation in overall peace and stability of the bay of Bengal?

April 30, 2023

Lt. Gen. Dr. MOHAMMAD MAHFUZUR RAHMAN Recent messy land wars, including Russia-Ukraine, have obscured us the importance of the sea and coastlines across which most trades are conducted, where most humanity lives, and along which more economic and military activities will take place in future as in the past. In this continuum, no ocean is […]Continue Reading

Vienna Convention and Diplomatic Practice

March 31, 2023

WALIUR RAHMAN “An Ambassador should be a trained theologian, should be well-versed in Aristotle and Plato, and should be able at a moment’s notice to solve the most abstruse problems in correct dialectical form: he should also be expert in mathematics, architecture, music, physics and civil and canon law.”  —Ottaviano Maggi (1596)  The 1961 Vienna […]Continue Reading

The pros and cons of Currency Crises and the Bangladesh Narratives

March 31, 2023

Dr. JAMALUDDIN AHMED Currency crises defined as speculative attack on foreign currency value of currency. A speculative attack often found leading to a sharp exchange rate depreciation despite a strong policy response to defend currency value.  The exchange rate is often considered to be the most critical price for any economy, for its effects all […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh Perspective of Human Rights: A Retrospective Analysis with an Eye to the Future 38

March 31, 2023

Dr AK ABDUL MOMEN Bangladesh is probably unparallel in the world in a sense that very birth of Bangladesh was aimed for upholding democracy, human rights and justice. In 1970, when Bangladesh Awami League (AL) won majority votes to form the new government (out of 299 seat election AL got 167 plus 32 =199, PPP […]Continue Reading

The inside story of Myanmar govt’s info war on Rohingya

March 14, 2023

As sectarian tensions flared over the rape and killing of a Rakhine ethnic woman in May 2012, three reports from the Information Ministry arrived in the newsroom of the state-run Myanma Alin newspaper with orders to publish them without fail, The Irrawaddy writes. Two stories published by the state-run Myanma Alin Daily on June 5, […]Continue Reading

Pathways to achieving sustainable ocean futures

March 13, 2023

Rear Admiral Md. KHURSHED ALAM (Retd.) The planet has already started absorbing increasing anthropogenic impacts and accelerating change to social-ecological systems, with local to global implications for human well-being (Steffen et al. 2015a). In response, there has been considerable international focus on conserving ecosystems and enabling sustainable development like Continue Reading

“I will miss the most when I leave Dhaka”: British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson

March 13, 2023

RABB MAJUMDER Robert Chatterton Dickson, a seasoned diplomat, has been the British High Commissioner in Dhaka since March 2019. According to UK website report, Robert served as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Additional Director for the Western Balkans Program from September 2018 until January 2019. He headed the Secretariat team that supported the National Continue Reading

25 Years of CHT Peace Treaty: Challenges and way forwards

February 28, 2023

MAJOR GENERAL M ASHAB UDDIN (Retd) The tribal leaders voiced for their rights to have a separate entity in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) after the emergence of Bangladesh as an Independent state in 1971. Genesis of these problems dates back to the mid-fifties with the construction of the Kaptai Dam. This resulted in a large-scale […]Continue Reading