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Muhammad Yunus Has Read The Writing On The Wall

Commemorating the Monsoon Revolution by the students who deposed Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina, the Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus made a scornful remark. He told Delhi to shut Hasina’s mouth while living in exile in India. In an interview with…

Bangladesh’s Economic Resurgence: Attracting Foreign Investment Amid Political Transition

Bangladesh has always been open to foreign investment, and the interim government of Bangladesh under Dr Yunus is working to draw in capital for areas that will see economic growth, even though the recent political transition in Bangladesh slowed down…

India-Bangladesh Water Dispute: Why a New Approach is Necessary

Bangladesh, a country that struggles with nature’s forces frequently, recently dealt with one of the worst flood catastrophes in decades. Notably, there is growing evidence that the neighbouring country of India’s actions are to blame for this catastrophe, as well…

Neuland Rebellen interview with Oskar Lafontaine, former German finance minister and chairman of the SPD party.

German tanks firing on Russians at Kursk lose again while Ukraine puts its integrity in increasing danger War means workers killing workers and German manufacturing is paying for acts of terrorism against the German people because of Germany’s weak government…

September 13-14: The 26th Kateri Peace Conference in Fonda, NY

Pressenza’s partner Bar Crawl Radio will be covering the conference. Over the years the Kateri Peace Conference in Fonda, NY has worked to confront the waste and destruction of militarism and war, the suffering and injustice wrought by systemic racism;…

September 1-7: Veterans in 25 Cities Demonstrate for Gaza

“September Days of Solidarity with Palestine,” will see members of Veterans For Peace from California to New Hampshire conduct protests and educational events in 25 cities September 1-7. Activities will vary from hanging banners over expressways to conducting nonviolent actions…

7 years of Rohingya crisis: International community must be serious in the crisis resolution

The Rohingya crisis has lasted for seven years, and there still seems to be no sign of an end in sight. More than a million Rohingya people in Myanmar crossed the border to seek refuge in Bangladesh in 2017 as…

NO to Nuclear Weapons and NO to Fossil Fuels!

September 2024: Two Weeks to Pressure the Corporations putting Profit ahead of People and Planet Continued burning of fossil fuels will make this world uninhabitable within a few decades. A nuclear war would make this world uninhabitable in a few…

America, India both lost its influence in Bangladesh

A bombshell article published in the Washington Post on 15 August claims that India pressed the United States to tone down its criticism of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and to scuttle any fresh sanctions against her neighbouring Bangladesh. The article…

Race in the Race

When Barack Obama ran for president of the United States sixteen years ago, he snipped at his staff that they were pretending that he was not black. Of course this is an issue, he apparently said. Sixteen years later, the…

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