Russia Ukrain War

Wartime election would ‘destroy’ Ukraine, Zelenskiy says

Poll shows 57% of Ukrainians favour holding elections only after the fighting ends
23 August 2026

Man from Moulvibazar killed in Ukrainian drone strike in Russia, family says

He may have been killed about a week ago; body yet to be repatriated
21 April 2026

Realism isn’t dead in global politics, it just isn’t tweetable

In 2025, countries compete more than they cooperate.
7 August 2025

Putin’s interview and the West’s extraordinary outrage

The media’s job to interview geopolitical adversaries.
13 February 2024

Has the ‘polycrisis’ overwhelmed us?

Just as social media competes for individuals’ attention, so do global crises.
28 January 2024

The West versus the Rest

The West has now pushed Russia, the largest country by geographical size, to provide food, energy and fertilisers to the Rest.
31 January 2023

Volatile energy could become the norm for garment makers

Global energy challenges are continuing to impact Bangladesh's garment industry.
2 October 2022

Ukraine Defence Ministry uses anime reference while highlighting Russian war losses

Ukrainian MoD drops Chainsaw Man and One Piece references.
30 September 2022

Ukrainian kids resume playing football in bomb-ravaged stadium

Ukrainian children have started playing football again in a bombed-out stadium outside Kyiv, a much-needed distraction after more than four months of war.
7 July 2022

Has dominance via hard power run its course?

War games bring financial benefits to arms-makers and peddlers.
11 May 2022

Hadisur’s body now in Istanbul, to reach Dhaka tomorrow

The body of Hadisur Rahman, third engineer of the Bangladeshi ship “Banglar Samriddhi”, who was killed in a rocket attack at a Ukraine port on March 3, is now in Turkey’s Istanbul and is set to reach Dhaka tomorrow afternoon (March 14).
13 March 2022