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KOLKATA: In recent years, migration has become more difficult for Bangladeshi immigrants, in the context of unsettled economic/political conditions worldwide, the continuing Ukraine war and the US/Iran conflict. Somewhat worryingly for the present BNP Government it seems the hard times will continue for Bangladeshis as the situation in the country's 'near abroad' — Nepal and India — has also worsened sharply, migration-wise.

LONDON: Heavy on rhetoric, light on detail, Andy Burnham set out his vision for “change,” delivered symbolically from the People’s History Museum in Manchester this morning.

The ink on the Islamabad Memorandum was barely dry when missiles and drones began flying again across the Persian Gulf. A week of tit-for-tat strikes between Washington and Tehran, compounded by Israel's relentless pounding of Lebanon, has exposed the US-Iran ceasefire of June 2026 as a fragile construct held together more by diplomatic exhaustion than by genuine strategic convergence.

In the just concluded G7 Summit, in addition to the seven member states, several other countries—including India, Brazil, South Korea, Kenya, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—were invited to participate. This may reflect a growing realization among the G7 powers that their global dominance is no longer as unchallenged as it once was. As their influence gradually declines, they find it increasingly necessary to engage emerging powers. Yet, despite this changing reality, these countries continue to pursue a worldview rooted in an imperialist outlook.

History is littered with ceasefires that ended one war only to ignite another. That is why the Trilateral Framework signed by the United States, Israel and Lebanon may ultimately prove more significant than the ceasefire that preceded it.

A section of the BNP-led establishment in Bangladesh appears keen to prolong the controversy generated recently over the refusal of an invited diplomat to attend an India-hosted regional conference. The Dhaka-based official Dr. Zahedur Rahman, Information Adviser to Prime Minister Mr. Tarique Rahman had complained of his detention and questioning at New Delhi airport by Indian officials despite being an invitee and decided to return home. The incident occurred on June 14 at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi.

There are central bankers and central bankers. But Alan Greenspan, who died at the age of 100 four days back, was the central banker’s central banker. The chairman of the US Federal Reserve is always much more than the head of any such institution by virtue of its impact all over the world. Alan Greenspan occupied that position with such aplomb.

The modern airliner is one of humanity's greatest achievements. Hundreds of strangers are packed into a pressurized metal tube and transported safely across continents at nearly 900 kilometers an hour. The system works because of one fundamental principle: discipline. When that discipline breaks down at 36,000 feet, the consequences can be serious, dangerous, and sometimes criminal.

Against a backdrop of evolving geoeconomic realities and exponential innovation, the World Economic Forum brought together more than 1,800 global leaders from business, government, civil society, international organizations and academia for the 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 in Dalian, China which ended on June 25.

Despite a Russian commitment not to recruit Nepali youths to fight in its war against Ukraine, not much official information about the condition of those still engaged in the battle zone is available yet. Nepalese authorities have been strongly urging upon Russia to stop using young Gurkhas in its 'special military operation' in Ukraine launched in Feb 2022.