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Is human safety universal?

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Is human safety universal? Realists, and later neo-realists, have seen safety as merely incomplete as well as provisional, for the reason that “war is expected.” They consider the world anarchical. Since they consider the state as the ultimate power, therefore, safety is destined to be “national safety.” It presupposes a set of mechanisms to defend [...]


Bijoy Mela

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Bipra Kanungo, Momin Road, Chittagong
The concluding month of the year, December, brings for us the message of achieving freedom, the taste of emancipation from the regimentation of Pakistani rule. After the bloodbath of nine months, we obtained the `triumph` and since then have been celebrating this month with deep respect and solidarity. On the eve [...]


No loser on Victory Day!

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Noushi Rahman, Associate Professor, Pace University, New York, US
Many associations and clubs organise and host friendly tournaments to celebrate the Victory Day. Usually these tournaments start a few days ahead of time and conclude on December 16. There is a thin layer of irony in this arrangement. As with all tournaments, only one emerges as [...]


Dealing with traffic

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I am sure we all have heard a lot on this topic and many of us are constantly thinking and coming up with ways to improve our traffic system. Surely, we as individuals can only do our part in terms of changing our behaviours and ALWAYS by obeying traffic laws. Meanwhile I feel that we [...]




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Tarif Haque, NewsHoursBd, Dhaka:
The US Secret Service has revealed that a third uninvited guest gained entry to last November’s state dinner for the Indian Prime Minister. The Secret Service discovered the third interloper while investigating how Tareq and Michaele Salahi were able to breach security at the dinner. The man did not get close to [...]

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