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Rio de Janeiro’s 12th International Uranium Film Festival has given its awards.  The three top awards go to Sweden, USA and Serbia.  “It’s always difficult to determine the festival winners. But this year it was especially difficult. Each of the…

Energy cooperation between Nepal and Bangladesh is one of the most promising areas of cooperation. Plans to make power an exportable good are outlined in Nepal’s 15th Five-Year Development Plan (2019-2024). Nepal plans to grow its 1,250 MW of electricity…

Perhaps some may find what I will argue below as disrespectful, especially coming from a veteran who participated and lost comrades in the American War in Vietnam. But it must be said. How Memorial Day is currently observed does not,…

Myanmar’s counter-memorial on the International Court of Justice case of Rohingya genocide was extended for the second time. The International Court of Justice issued an order on May 12th, pushing the timeframe for Myanmar’s counter-memorial to Gambia’s claims from May…

The China-Central Asia Summit held on Thursday and Friday in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, an event of striking symbolism, has taken the development of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative to a higher stage. By William Jones The city of Xi’an,…

While we have seen some progress towards the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees, most have been nothing more than discussions and theoretical demonstrations assessing what could happen after repatriation. By Harunur Rasid However, such slow progress presents a number of…

In spite of its being the most convenient mode of communication, the railway in this country has never been exposed to its true potential. With its basic infrastructure tracing back more than a hundred years, it has suffered more neglect…

“From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. Disarm, Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.” —Julia Ward Howe Memorial Day Remembering All Whose Lives Were Taken by War Sunday,…

In 1971, our forefathers fought against Pakistan and gave birth to Bangladesh. Through that liberation war, Bangladesh emerged as an ‘anti-thesis’ of Communal politics- practiced by the West Pakistan elites. Immediately after the liberation, Bangladesh based its constitution on nationalism,…

June 10, 2023 will be the 60th anniversary of the famous American University speech by JFK on what he himself called “the most important topic on earth: world peace.” President Kennedy gave that speech less than a year after the…