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Health, IPR, Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge
As COVID-19 vaccines are approved and rolled out, the issue of timely access to the vaccines in developing and least developed countries has become even more urgent. The current continuing reliance on a handful of pharmaceutical companies with limited production…
Enduring 2nd impeachment, Trump stands largely silent, alone
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (AP/UNB) — His place in the history books rewritten, President Donald Trump endured his second impeachment largely alone and silent. For more than four years, Trump has dominated the national discourse like no one before him. Yet…
Biden’s Challenge: Redeeming a US Role for Human Rights
Kenneth Roth After four years of a president who was indifferent and often hostile to human rights, the November 2020 election of Joe Biden to the presidency of the United States provides an opportunity for a fundamental change of course.
Unhinged with 5,800 Nuclear Warheads at his Fingertips
By Bishop Bill Swing and Jonathan Granoff NEW YORK, Jan 11 2021 (IPS) – Between now and January 20, 2021, the President of the United States has almost run out of arenas in which to impose his will. His reelection…
Siege on US Capitol Was poll Violence of a Fragile Democracy
Jan 7 2021 (IPS) – Supporters of President Donald Trump, following his encouragement, stormed the US Capitol building on Jan. 6, disrupting the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. Waving Trump banners, hundreds of people broke through barricades and smashed…
Storming of Capitol Hill Reminiscent of a Banana Republic
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 2021 (IPS) – The storming of Capitol Hill in Washington DC by an unruly mob is reminiscent of an insurrection in a “banana republic” –as hilariously portrayed in the 1971 Woody Allen comedy…
18 Organizations Finding Ways to Recover & Redistribute Food
Danielle Nierenberg Access to affordable, nutritious food has been one of the great challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As millions of people globally lost jobs, access to school meals, and the ability to shop for food with ease, there has…
We shall Overcome Someday
By Sharifa Chowdhury “We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome someday, Oh! Deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall overcome someday.” Never ever I felt the relevance of the song until the present time. It was…
Sir Brian Urquhart: Embodiment of the UN
By James A. Paul NEW YORK, Jan 5 2021 (IPS) – Sir Brian Urquhart, who died on January 2 at the age of 101, served the United Nations in high posts for four decades, beginning in the organization’s earliest days.
Analysis: Trump’s rage ignites mob assault on democracy
NEW YORK (AP) — The riotous mob that laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was the product of the destructive forces that President Donald Trump has been stirring for years, culminating in the disruption of a democratic ritual…
2021: Year of Living Dangerously?
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 5 2021 (IPS) – Goodbye 2020, but unfortunately, not good riddance, as we all have to live with its legacy. It has been a disastrous year for much of the world for…
Palestine—A Turning Point?
By Chandra Muzaffar An address to Pax Christi Victoria, via Zoom 18th October 2020. Before I attempt to show why Palestine is at a turning-point, let me underscore the significance of the Palestinian issue to the world. Why is the…
Year of the Pandemic: Bright spots few and far between
Dhaka, Dec 29 – While the whole world has been grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic, many negative and positive incidents have occurred in 2020. Let us look back at some of the major events that left their mark on the…
Terrible year 2020 for Indian scribes
by Nava Thakuria Indian media fraternity is set to bid farewell to the Covid-19 pandemic year 2020 with horrible statistics of journo-killings along with some dangerous countries for working journalists in the world. The populous country lost over 50 working…
Afghanistan: 19 Years of War
By Maya Evans The NATO & US backed war on Afghanistan was launched 7th October 2001, just a month after 9/11, in what most thought would be a lightning war and a stepping stone onto the real focus, the Middle…
Covid, Campus and Caution
M Zahidul Haque AFTER a long break, universities world over are preparing to re-open their campuses for the students, teachers and other auxiliary staff. In some cases, halls/dormitories have also been unlocked for student’s entry. Universities in Bangladesh are also…
Women’s Bodies, COVID-19 and Male Chauvinism
By Jan Lundius STOCKHOLM / ROME, Dec 11 2020 (IPS) – COVID-19 has in some nations been converted into a noxious, political issue. One of many worrying examples is the rhetoric of Brazil´s president.
We All Deserve Protection From Covid-19
By Adaora Okoli NEW ORLEANS, US, Dec 11 2020 (IPS) – When I contracted Ebola virus disease in August 2014 while working as a medical doctor in a well-known private hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, I was denied access to a…
Urgently Needed Deficit Financing No Excuse for Fiscal Abuse
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Dec 8 2020 (IPS) – Fiscal and monetary measures needed to fight the economic downturn, largely due to COVID-19 policy responses, require more government accountability and discipline to minimise…
Human society and the biosphere
by John Scales Avery Mass extinctions due to humans activities According to a recent United Nations report, more than a million species of plants and animals are currently threatened with extinction because of human activities. Rates of extinction today are…
Glorious days: Sensational interview of man living with AIDS
Professional colleagues in Bangladesh, especially the seniors, used to call me a pioneer in reporting on AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) because many of the breaking news stories in this arena were done by me in the late eighties of…
China’s Path to Net Zero
By Erik Berglöf BEIJING – China is aiming to halt the rise in its carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. If it succeeds, the country will have gone, in less than 40 years, from…
Corona helped learn new English words
M Zahidul Haque PERHAPS an ordinary villager in Bangladesh never knew or used to an English word ‘Lockdown’. Well, with the invasion of coronavirus the word ‘lockdown’ become popular among the people not only in Bangladesh but the world over.…
War Crimes by Australian Forces in Afghanistan Shock Nation
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) – The release of a report into a landmark four-year investigation into the behaviour of Australians special forces known as the SAS (Special Air Service) in Afghanistan, seem to have shocked the nation, judging from…
Does WFP Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
By Jan Lundius ”If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? And if not now, when? That which is hateful to you, do not do to your…
Millions of New Poor Are on the Way – Who Cares?
By Roberto Savio ROME, Nov 26 2020 (IPS) – The recent meeting of the G20 – scheduled to take place in Riyadh but held virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic – has been an eloquent example of how the world…
আইএবি সুন্নাহ বিসর্জন দিয়ে ক্ষমতার ভাগবাটোয়ারায় বিশ্বাসী নয়
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের নায়েবে আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ ফয়জুল করীম শায়খে চরমোনাই বলেছেন, ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ রূহানিয়াত ও জিহাদের সমন্বয়ে পরিচালিত হওয়ায় কখনো লাইনচ্যুত হয়নি। সাহাবায়ে কেরামের ন্যায় ত্যাগ ও কুরবানীর দৃস্টান্ত স্থাপনে অনন্য নজির স্থাপন করেছে।
A better world with more democracy at work
by Stan De Spiegelaere and Sigurt Vitols on 23rd November 2020 For democracy to work well requires democracy in the workplace. ‘You know what? Our whole education is a lie. We learned how to be critical citizens for years, develop…
Barrelling towards the ‘Brexit’ cliff edge
by Paul Mason on 23rd November 2020 The most frightening thing is not the UK government’s end-game strategy, Paul Mason writes. It’s that there isn’t one.