To Whom It May Concern, The Israel-Palestine crisis is a long crisis. This crisis has already led to several wars including the well-known Six Day War between Israel and a few Arab countries. The annexation of Israel has been continuing for decades. Moreover, there are frequent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians. Very recently, clashes erupted between the parties that resulted in missile attacks by Israeli forces over Palestinian residential buildings for days. No doubt, many efforts have been made by the United Nations, the Quartet, the European Union, the Arab League and different countries for a long to resolve…
Author: The Chief Editor
A few days back, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom resigned amidst the unprecedented resignation of ministers from his cabinet. Of course, he survived a no-confidence vote earlier. But the controversy over some allegations including the partygate scandal in Buckingham Palace forced him to resign from his office, though he will run the office unless another Premier is elected. There is no doubt that his resignation indicates the extent of accountability in the politics of the UK. But the resignation of Premiers has become a common phenomenon in the UK since the initiation of Brexit. But this is obviously…
To Whom It May Concern, Of course, Eids are very important religious festivals in the world. Eids are the holy religious festivals of Muslims around the world. Muslims observe two Eids each year such as Eid al-Fitr (which is celebrated after month-long fasting) and Eid al-Adha (which is celebrated by slaughtering animals). The observance of Haj, which is an annual pilgrimage of Muslims to the holy site Mecca, is also an important part of Eid al-Adha. Though the number of Haj pilgrimage varies across the year, around two million Muslims from different countries go to Mecca to observe Haj each…
There is an increase in suicide in the Thar desert of Sindh province in Pakistan. The suicidal rate is increasing alarmingly. According to the Sindh Mental Health Authority, the number of suicide was 767 from 2016 to 2020 in the Southern province, while it was 79 in the Tharparkar district and sixty four in the Umerkot district. But women are committing suicide more in the Thar desert, a neglected region in the country. According to available sources, there were forty eight suicides since January this year, while the number of women was thirty one. But the actual number is rendered…
Protests are increasing in Sudan against the military that came to power through a coup in October, 2021. A few days ago, at least eight protesters, who carried out the largest protests for months in Khartoum and its twin cities of Omdurman and Bahri defying heavy security and a communication blackout, were shot dead by the security forces. Since the coup, there was a state of emergency for months which was withdrawn recently. Protests and reactions to protests from the security forces led to the death of more than one hindered since the coup which led to the suspension of…
To Whom It May Concern, The possibility of the further escalation between the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Russia has significantly increased because of the possibility of the joining of Sweden and Finland to NATO, Which finally reached a deal to admit these countries after resolving the concerns of holdout Turkey. Notably, a few weeks earlier, Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership. Though their applications received immediate objections from Turkey, a member of NATO, because of its security concerns, the latter finally withdrew its objection in a trilateral meeting held in Madrid on June 28, paving the way…
To Whom It May Concern, In March 2022, an application for the approval of Dhaka Opinion Magazine, an online magazine that publishes articles, commentaries, editorial views, and letters, was submitted. It has already turned out to be around four months. But there is no progress regarding the approval of the online magazine. I do not know whether the documents are under police verification or not. Of course, this is not the only example of a delay in the activities of the government departments. Indeed, many apply to different government departments for a wide variety of purposes. Consequently, many do not…
No doubt, abortion is important. It is important for health and other reasons. Very recently, the Supreme Court of the United States prohibited abortion. The verdict that overturned the 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision which allowed abortion during the first trimester (the first three months of pregnancy) with one exception such as the health risk
Of course, accountability, which indicates the state of the acceptance of responsibility for one’s own actions, is very important for every country around the world. Indeed, the accountability of government, private and other organizations can help develop any country in economic, political and other terms as desired. Consequently, people get the deserving economic and other opportunities. But when there is a lack of accountability, corruption takes place at different tiers of the government and other organizations. Under such a context, political and other elites can do whatever they like establishing a society of might is right. Consequently, public institutions and…
Dear Readers and Nonreaders, Dhaka Opinion Magazine is a global magazine. The magazine, which is an opinion-only magazine, publishes articles, commentaries, editorial views and letters with an aim to help to develop various conditions across countries around the world. Of course, it talks about everyone around the world, regardless of nation, caste, gender, religion and some other criteria. The ultimate goal of the magazine is to help to develop economic, social, political and other conditions across countries around the world as desired. The magazine is committed to continuing its publications with such a good intention. No doubt, there are innumerable…