It’s time to talk
It is rather obvious that the country is experiencing the worst ever economic and political crisis owing to the shenanigans of all our rulers, elected or unelected. They are all…
France’s left revives, but power seen as unlikely
As the results rolled in for the first round of France’s parliamentary elections, the leader of France’s new left-wing alliance sounded both hopeful and triumphant. Speaking from a trendy bar…
A free-for-all
There is an environment of free-for-all in state politics, economy and governance for the last two months. The scene, as remembered from our childhood, is that of a rowdy classroom…
The plight of Biharis
On March 20, the Bangladesh parliament unanimously adopted a resolution to observe March 25 as the Gonohotya Dibos (Day of Genocide). Bengalis continue repeating their myth that Pakistan Army conducted…
Modi’s dystopia
Fiction, it is said, is a figment of imagination. However, if decades or centuries later, characters and events from a work of fiction attain reality, one can only marvel at…
Food security in the age of Covid-19
There never was any lockdown in the country’s agricultural sector. And from the way the NCC and NCOC have been carrying out, their respective efforts over the last two months…
Crude reality: price crash means oil firms must slash spending
Confronted with a dizzying drop in prices, oil firms face a real challenge as they try to cut investment spending in order to survive a coronavirus-induced collapse in demand coupled…
Eyes on the stars: UAE’s Mars probe a first for the Arab world
The oil-rich United Arab Emirates has built a nuclear power programme and sent a man to space, and now plans to join another elite club by sending a probe to…
New health order
We have entered the age of pandemics. Covid-19 dominates the headlines, and rightly so; January has seen a record-high number of cases worldwide. But that is not all. The AIDS…
America has sent five rovers to Mars — when will humans follow?
With its impeccable landing on Thursday, NASA’s Perseverance became the fifth rover to reach Mars — so when can we finally expect the long-held goal of a crewed expedition to…
