Author: The Editorial Team

The US Secretary of State has recently visited China to mitigate tensions between the United States and China. According to multiple sources including the BBC, Antony Blinken visited China and talked to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Qin Gang this week. They pledged to stabilize the tense relationship — driven by China-Taiwan tensions in recent months, the spy balloon row and several other causes — between the countries and expressed a willingness to hold more talks. These are definitely good developments, may reduce rising tensions between the United States and China and can bring some other good outcomes,…

Extra-curricular activities are definitely crucial for every student for their development. Extra-curricular activities — sports, artistic and creative pursuit, involvement with student council and debating clubs and other activities outside of the regular educational curriculum — have enormous benefits to students of all educational institutes across the world. They help develop skills to lead, communicate and carry out teamwork, abilities to solve real-life problems and capacities to manage time. Extra-curricular activities also lead to increased engagement and motivation in academic activities, help students to identify their interests outside of the academic realm, develop new talents and bring many other benefits.…

Protest movements have enormous effects on the realization of demands. Many protest movements helped to meet the demands of people, political parties and others in many countries in terms of addressing living costs, giving voting rights, providing economic opportunities and making constitutional changes. In the reduction of armed conflicts — rendered devastating on most occasions — the protest movement of people may have some notable effects, though it is not a decisive factor. Even if protest movements cannot prevent and end armed conflicts always, especially when they are large scale, they may still help to reduce conflicts by preventing them…

The government of Bangladesh proposed its budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the national parliament on June 1, 2023. This budget — the highest ever budget in the history of Bangladesh — amounts to BDT 7.61 trillion. But its revenue target (BDT 5 trillion) and deficit (more than BDT 2.5 trillion) are also the highest in the country. The budget delineates a target of BDT 155,395 crore to be borrowed from domestic sources and BDT 106,390 crore from foreign sources. Definitely, there are unsurprisingly mixed reactions to the budget proposed at a time when there is a burden of…

Entrepreneurial initiatives are crucial, not only for income but also for the contribution to society. Definitely, millions of people initiate business organizations, non-profit organizations and other organizations in many countries each year. Many do so with their own funds while many do not have the funds but manage them from other sources including loans and donations to make their endeavors successful in many countries in the world. Definitely, opportunities for entrepreneurial initiatives, which may be different sorts including small businesses, scalable startups, large companies and social entrepreneurship, have increased across the world at present. But many entrepreneurs do not get…

The Ukraine war has been going on for around fifteen months since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Along with Ukraine, the whole world including the Russian Federation, the United States and European countries has already counted the impacts of the war. But the global mediation effort has not advanced much to end the uncertain war, despite its importance. Given that there is no strengthened mediation effort amidst the continuation of the war the way it is going on with the direct and indirect involvement of powerful countries, it can be lengthened and may increase the possibility of…

Economic security is definitely crucial for everyone in the world. Economic security — the ability of people to meet their needs consistently and with dignity— not only helps prevent falling from poverty, brings economic wellbeing and improves one’s social conditions but also contributes to the national economy and society. But many do not have economic security in the world. Even if many have income, it is not adequate enough in the actual, perceived and expected sense across the world. Consequently, there is a lack of economic security, or economic insecurity that happens when there are not enough financial resources to…

Monetary donations are imperative for great causes across the world. Definitely, many government, private and non-government organizations and individuals donate money to great causes across the world. Billions of US dollars are donated to great causes across the world each year. But some countries including the United States and Myanmar donate money more than other

Mass shootings have become a growing concern in the world since they have turned out to be frequent events in many countries. Thousands of people die each year in the world because of mass shootings. According to multiple sources including the BBC, seventeen people died in the mass shootings last week in Serbia. Also, many events of mass shootings occur in many other countries including the United States, Russia, France, Germany and Canada. But mass shootings have risen in many countries in recent years, despite a global hue and cry. Importantly, mass shootings — carried out in schools, streets, shopping…

Substance abuse — rendered the use of a drug in harmful amounts for purposes other than those for which it is meant to be used — is a global problem. Many abuse substances including alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine in the world. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020. Also, drug abuse is on the rise globally. Between 2010-2019, the number of people abusing drugs increased by 22 percent. But substance abuse is not limited to a specific country or a location. It is a problem…