Author: The Chief Editor
The Chief Editor of Dhaka Opinion Magazine is Amir M Sayem. He is also an author, researcher and commentator on miscellaneous issues including social, political, environmental, public health and international relations. He writes with an intention to help develop societal conditions across countries.
Targeted killing of enemies after conquering a war, be it a win of the whole country or a single city, often becomes a norm in war. Such an approach of the winning party is seen in civil wars and inter-country wars. Very recently, the Taliban forces in Afghanistan have shown it. Of course, the winning party kills targeted enemies for various reasons including an intention to take revenge over the selected enemies of enemy parties/countries and willingness to make significant damages to the enemy party/country. Even if there may be some justification for such killing from the winning party, it…
The capsize of the Munshiganj-bound launch MV Ashraf Uddin hit by a cargo ship named MV Ruposhi-9 in the Shitalakshya River in Narayanganj that killed at least eight passengers is undoubtedly pathetic. Of course, this is not the only accident in the rivers. Last year, a small-sized passenger-carrying launch was directly hit and capsized by a bigger launch in the same river. Moreover, many other accidents of launches, boats and ferries occur in the rivers of Bangladesh. But, undeniably, such accidents indicate not only the inactiveness of concerned authorities especially the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) but also the…
Of course, global diplomacy is an important means of preventing and resolving conflicts including intra- and inter-country wars. But the commencement of the Russia- Ukraine war, a failure of diplomacy, puts global diplomacy, especially preventive diplomacy which is conflict prevention and other forms of preventive action aimed at ending armed conflicts prior to the escalation to widespread violence, at a significant threat and has newly revived the problem of its effectiveness. Though global preventive diplomatic mechanisms and efforts are improved much, it is undeniable that preventive diplomacy has failed many times to prevent both intra- and inter-country wars. The case…