Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

On September 20, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said his country is no longer sending weapons to Ukraine. The day before, Polish President Andrzej Duda told journalists that “Ukraine is behaving like a drowning person clinging to anything available”, adding that “a drowning person is extremely dangerous,...

Armenia entered a deep social crisis. As a consequence of the start of another military conflict in Artsakh, the Armenian government became completely discredited by the local people, having many mass protests against Nikol Pashinyan. The crisis is likely to worsen in the coming days, considering the...

It has become increasingly evident that the United States is focusing its long-term strategy on Bangladesh, as the Biden administration places the country on its radar. While the Biden administration portrays itself as deeply concerned about democracy in Bangladesh, the underlying agenda appears to be positioning Bangladesh...

President Joe Biden's address at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) serves as a stark reminder of the divergence between his rhetoric and the actions of the United States. Biden emphasized the United States' pursuit of "a more secure, more prosperous, more equitable world...

Within less than 24 hours of US ambassador Peter Haas stating Washington will include journalists under visa ban, the US Embassy in Dhaka has already started enforcing such sanctions targeting dozens of individuals including media persons in the country. In a tweet on September 25, 2023, US Embassy...

Throughout the annals of human history, technological advancements have consistently translated into military superiority. Nations that adeptly incorporate new technologies into their military capabilities often gain a substantial edge over their adversaries. The same principle is poised to hold true for artificial intelligence (AI), which has triggered...

After enforcing visa ban from September 22, 2023, Biden administration now is taking preparations for imposing sanctions under Global Magnitsky Act targeting at least 30 Bangladeshi nationals, most of whom have laundered huge amount of money, purchased properties and invested in numerous business ventures in the United...

Researchers at DeepMind, a subsidiary of Google specializing in artificial intelligence (AI), have unveiled a groundbreaking tool that predicts the potential pathogenicity of genetic mutations, offering significant potential for rare disease research. This innovative tool is designed to assess "missense mutations", genetic alterations characterized by a single nucleotide...

Accused of bribery, Bob Menendez, the Chairman of the United States Congress's high-level Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been forced to resign. Allegations of corruption have been raised against Menendez and his wife. The roots of the current investigation trace back to at least 2019, as reported by...

The cocaine trade is experiencing a resurgence in South America, bouncing back from a downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the intriguing positions of several regional countries, Latin America has yet to engage in a serious discussion about its drug policy, instead clinging to the prohibitionist...

In the sphere of microfinance and poverty alleviation, Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank have been celebrated as nothing short of luminaries. Their work has not only been globally acclaimed but has also been honored with the highest of accolades, including the Nobel Peace Prize. However,...

Signal is taking proactive steps to ensure the security of its encrypted messaging platform in the face of potential quantum computing threats. The Signal Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the Signal messaging app, has announced an upgrade to its Extended Triple Diffie-Hellman (X3DH) specification. This upgrade, known...