Eresh Omar Jamal
THE OVERTON WINDOW
The writer is a member of the Editorial team, The Daily Star. His Twitter handle is: @EreshOmarJamal
THE OVERTON WINDOW
The writer is a member of the Editorial team, The Daily Star. His Twitter handle is: @EreshOmarJamal
After the first phase of voting, Modi seems to have changed his campaign strategy, focusing more on firing up BJP's Hindu base.
On May 7, Israeli newspaper Haaretz ran a news report on its website, titled “US Slow-rolling Weapons Sale to Israel, Sparking Questions of Policy Shift.”
The Police Headquarters yesterday instructed all its field level units not to allow any vehicles without fitness clearance to operate on the roads. But is it implementable?
Aside from posting, social media has become the go-to place for many to get their news, views and overall information, and for communicating them.
Putin has been widely credited for bringing security and some semblance of order to Russia after the turbulent decade that followed the collapse of the USSR, however, this attack may shatter some of that confidence.
The Act, clearly, is a step in the wrong direction.
"The high dependence on imported fossil fuels has significantly impacted our energy system."
In February 2019, the central bank lowered the timeframe to three years from five years. And what has that achieved?
Advocate Sultana Kamal speaks with Eresh Omar Jamal of The Daily Star about Bangladesh’s 12th parliamentary election and its ramifications for the country’s political and governance landscapes.
“What’s the point of this election?” Its winner has already been predetermined.
The mismatch highlighted by the IMF could indicate that capital flight in FY23 has increased even more.
With the national election still two weeks away, many national and international observers have already termed it as a farce or “staged election.”
The case against him and WikiLeaks is much more important for what it might entail for press freedom itself.
With scientific progress and the advent of advanced technology, the methods of population control, particularly through the use of information control, emotional manipulation, and mass surveillance have become predominant.
In April this year, South Africa’s BRICS ambassador Anil Sooklal told Bloomberg that a long list of nations were now looking to join the bloc.
The ruling party would be well-advised to change its ways and try to make the people its main source of strength through good governance, by returning power to the people and making amends for its past mistakes.
With all the problems Bangladesh has right now, Moody’s downgrading of its sovereign rating is one of the worst things that could have happened.
Addressing many of our economic problems is proving to be difficult not mainly for economic reasons, but because of political ones.