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Let the People Decide the Fate of the Country, Not the Outsiders.

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  Let the People Decide the Fate of the Country, Not the Outsiders. The election year has always been subject to national crisis and foreign intervention for decades. The election year experiences a great deal of anarchy which often questions the credibility of the election. The credibility of an election has always been subject to debate and confusion, which further gives the foreign parties also known as “Our Development Partners” a scope to predominantly monitor the election. This scope to predominantly monitor often leads to interference in the politics and internal affairs of Bangladesh, which is indeed a great threat to the sovereignty of our country. There are displeasing instances where the external sovereignty of the country has been subject to crisis and contention. Syria has been the victim of such a crisis of external sovereignty lately due to the intervention and interference of foreign parties. And sometimes it becomes the battleground for the rival parties to conduct...
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Suffering From Noisy Celebrations: A New Normal?

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  Suffering From Noisy Celebration: A New Normal?   Wedding season is indeed full of fun, enjoyment and entertainment. However, it is also a season of profound annoyance and disturbance. The celebration of New Year’s Eve is no different either. In the name of entertainment and fun, individuals often opt for something which begets nothing except suffering and annoyance for the individuals in the periphery. Every occasion in our society comes with loud music. During the wedding season, the organizers engage themselves with loud music for 4 to 5 hours at a stretch, especially at night.   The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) defines noise pollution as “unwanted or disturbing sound,” explaining that “sound becomes unwanted when it either interferes with normal activities such as sleeping or conversation or disrupts or diminishes one’s quality of life. The annoyance can have major consequences, primarily to one’s overall health.”   Most people in our society are...
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Return of American Primacy: Is America winning the game of power politics?

In recent days, international politics has been all about who can control whom. This tendency of controlling one another is termed the “game of power politics” by political scientists. When countries like China and Russia have adopted Wolf Warrior Diplomacy and Hard Power Diplomacy respectively to win the race of being the sole hegemon, the US is actively playing soft power diplomacy and different other policies and is more likely to win the race of establishing global dominance.   After the fall of the Soviet Union, the United States has been the only hegemon. However, in the 2010s, the US lost a lot of its credibility as the only hegemon due to different internal and global political crises.   China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Russia’s war on oil have questioned the US's global political influence to a great extent. To bring back its long-lost hegemony, the US is prioritizing policies like Soft Power Diplomacy and Monroe Doctrine. America is being profoundly success...
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Bangladesh in 2021: Won or Lost?

  Bangladesh in 2021: Won or lost? It’s a matter of great pride that Bangladesh marks 50 years of liberation war victory. The entire nation celebrates the 50th year of independence with absolute pride and joy. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize 2020. We have lost a lot of frontliners of different levels due to Covid 19. However, a gigantic success on vaccination was observed and Bangladesh was seen in the top in South Asia in Nikkey Covid recovery ranking. Good communication indicates growth and development. Bangladesh experienced massive infrastructural development since a good number of bridges which connect different parts of the country were constructed by the Ministry of Roads and Highways.The infrastructural completion of Padma bridge was seen in 2021, which will play a great role to ensure smooth and uninterrupted communication. Bangladesh’s first overhead metro train makes a trial run in 2021. One of the most important infrastructural devel...
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Why Youth In Politics Is Important

  Two-thirds of Bangladesh consists of youth but their representation in the parliament is extremely negligible. The influence of aged people in the parliament is known as gerontocracy. Gerontocracy is often a threat to actual development when the majority of the country is youth. Now you might be thinking that experience matters and that gerontocracy and exclusion of youth from policy-making and actual politics is justifiable. So is it actually justifiable? We will know about this, but first, let's see what do we mean by “actual” politics? Lately, dedication is valued based on how many times you went to jail, how many times you were stabbed, how many times you suffered for your party. To encapsulate, the more you suffer, the better politician you are. What does it incentivize in the long run? It dictates you to preclude oneself from learning governing policies but to include oneself in unnecessary brainless physical activities, which is never in the favor of the common man. Politi...
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