Suicide and the possible preventive measures

BY: Dr. Ab Hamid Sheikh WHO Director General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported that “despite progress, one person still dies every 40 seconds from suicide.” World Suicide Prevention Day is observed every year on September 10 for creating awareness about suicidal tendencies and the preventive measures thereof. ‘Creating hope through action’ has been the triennial […]

India-Bangladesh Relations through the lens of win-win outcomes

By: Mashrur Siddique Bhuiyan Following its declaration in December 1971, Bangladesh’s independence was first acknowledged by India. In South Asia, these two nations have historically had a shared border. Although there have been a few problems, relations between the two nations are still largely good. Despite decades-long border disputes coming to an end with the […]

POSHAN Abhiyaan: Bringing about Behaviour Change through Jan Andolan

Honorable PM’s clarion call for a Suposhit Bharat has found resonance in the Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition or POSHAN Abhiyaan – Government of India’s flagship programme to improve nutritional outcomes among children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. A critical part of the programme has been to mobilize communities at the grassroots to […]

The South and Southeast region mustn’t be complicated further

By: Sumaiya Jannat There have been frequent gunfire exchanges along Myanmar’s Naikhangchhari upazila’s border with Bangladesh for a number of days. A Rohingya resident of the border region has died. Additionally, there have been injuries in Bangladesh’s border villages. The local Bengali population and hill people are both alarmed by this abrupt development. This is […]

Power Consolidation in China

The 20th Congress of the China’s Communist Party will begin on 16 October, a five yearly exercise. This time it is expected to approve Xi Jinping as country’s paramount leader for the third unprecedented time.

Recent rumours of a military or a political coup in China seem to be largely unsubstantiated and unreliable. They can be dismissed as based on the fact that the current leadership has in the past week acted harshly against what it called a “political clique” against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and this is not […]

Rethinking Tourism Activities in J&K

By: M Ahmad Tourism is a growing industry globally and countries are investing a lot of money in building great infrastructure so as to cater to quality as well as quantity tourism inflow. It is confirmed that tourism has become a widespread leisure activity among individuals and it is considered as one of the leading […]

‘Masjid Quba’-The first Mosque of the Muslims

By: M Ahmad In the 7th century, due to the increase in the number and severity of persecutions by the Quraysh, Prophet Muhammad (SAW), on the command of Allah SWT, decided to migrate to Madinah. As this news reached the Madinah, the believers started counting the days in awaiting the beloved Prophet (SAW). Every day, […]

Myanmar mustn’t underestimate military capability of Bangladesh

By: Sufian Siddique Bangladesh doesn’t lack defence capabilities, but it wants no war, says home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal amid cross-border shelling. He also said Bangladesh does not want war with Myanmar or any other country, but its military is always ready to respond to provocation. The home minister held a high-level meeting with the […]

Sign Language- A unique way of communication

(International Day of Sign Languages)

By: M Ahmad Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication. It is thought to have originated when early humans started gradually changing their early communication systems. The structures of language as having evolved to serve specific communicative and social functions. Language is not the creation of one person or of […]

Will the Samarkand Spirit Revive the Word ‘Mutual’ in World Affairs?

By: Vijay Prashad In mid-September 2022, the nine-member Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for its 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of State. Because China, India, and Pakistan are members of the SCO, the organization represents about 40 percent of the world’s population; with the addition of Russia, the SCO countries […]