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Introduction Between August 2024 and August 2025, Bangladesh underwent a transformative period marked by political upheaval, economic challenges, and significant reforms. The resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024, amid widespread protests, led to the establishment of an interim government under Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. This period witnessed a series of events that reshaped the nation's economic landscape. Pre-August 2024: Economic Challenges Under Hasina's Tenure Prior to the political shift, Bangladesh's economy faced mounting pressures: Youth Unemployment: Reaching a three-decade high of 16%, youth unemployment became a significant concern, fueling public discontent and protests. ​ WSJ Inflation: Food inflation soared to 14%, with general inflation at 11%, exacerbated by global economic disruptions and domestic policy challenges. ​ Wikipedia Foreign Exchange Reserves: Reserves dwindled to $20.18 billion by December 2024, pr...

  Introduction: The Roots of the Kashmir Conflict The region of Jammu and Kashmir, nestled in the lap of the Himalayas, has been the subject of fierce dispute since the partition of British India in 1947. Historically, Kashmir was a princely state, ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh, a Hindu, despite the majority of his subjects being Muslim. When India was partitioned into India and Pakistan, princely states were given the choice to join either country or remain independent. Hari Singh initially attempted to stay independent. However, the ambitions of both newly formed nations clashed over Kashmir, leading to decades of unrest, wars, and terror attacks. Understanding who was truly guilty for the numerous Kashmir attacks over the decades requires a deep dive into the historical, political, and military developments that have shaped the region. The 1947–1948 Tribal Invasion: The First Kashmir Attack The first major conflict over Kashmir erupted in late 1947. Tribesmen from Pakistan’s ...

  April 18 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge barred the Trump administration from rapidly deporting hundreds if not thousands of migrants to countries other than their own without giving them a chance to show they fear being persecuted, tortured or killed there. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy's preliminary injunction on Friday was the latest setback to an immigration crackdown launched by President Donald Trump when he took office on January 20. The Boston-based judge last month temporarily blocked the administration from fast-tracking deportations, hobbling its ability to remove migrants who in some cases have legal protections preventing them from being sent back to their countries of origin. The preliminary injunction issued on Friday will keep that order in place until the litigation is resolved. The administration in court filings has already said it plans to appeal Murphy's decision. When ruling on challenges to government policies, federal judges often issue orders that apply n...

  The rain started the day she left, and it never really stopped. Not in his mind, not in the small town of Hollowbrook, and certainly not in the dim corner of the bookstore where he used to wait for her. Elias had always been the quiet type, the kind you’d walk past on the street without remembering his face, the kind of man who folded his heart too neatly and placed it in envelopes he never sent. His love was like that too—silent, meticulous, unspoken. Her name was Margo, and she had the sort of voice that made you think of old jazz songs playing in half-empty cafés. She wore chipped nail polish, always in some shade of blue, and her eyes looked like they belonged to someone who had lived too many lives. She walked into his bookstore one summer with a bag full of rain-damp poetry books and a question about a book Elias didn’t even carry. He didn’t remember what she asked for. Only that she smiled when he admitted he didn’t have it. She came back the next day, and the next, and ...

  Nearly half a million credit cards used by various federal agencies and officials have been deactivated, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced on April 15. The organization, which was created by President Donald Trump via an executive order and is led by Elon Musk, wrote in a post on social media platform X that credit cards used by more than 30 agencies had been deactivated as part of its bid to reduce government spending. “Credit Card Update! The program to audit unused/unneeded credit cards has been expanded to 30 agencies. After 7 weeks, ~470k cards have been de-activated. As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts, so still more work to do,” the main X account associated with DOGE s aid in a post. A breakdownof deactivated cards included ones used in the Office of Personnel Management, General Services Administration, Department of Labor, Small Business Association, Treasury Department, Commerce Department, Department ...

  The Trump administration this week referred New York Attorney General Letitia James to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for possible criminal charges in connection with alleged mortgage fraud. A criminal referral sent on April 14 by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte alleged that James, a Democrat who filed a civil case against President Donald Trump’s business, falsified business records in federally backed letters to obtain better home mortgages. “Based on media reports, Ms. Letitia James has, in multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms,” the letter from Pulte to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche reads. “This has potentially included 1) falsifying residence status for a Norfolk, Virginia-based home in order to secure a lower mortgage rate and 2) misrepresenting property descriptions to meet stringent requirements for gover...

In a sleepy little town nestled between forest and lake, where the fog would kiss the rooftops every dawn, lived a girl who painted silence. Her name was Liora. She wasn’t deaf, but she hadn’t spoken since she was twelve. People said the silence came after her father vanished into the woods one rainy November morning and never returned. She simply stopped using words, as if each syllable had drowned with him. Liora expressed herself with brushes and colors instead. Every wall in her small cottage was a canvas. Silence became blue in her world, longing was violet, and hope was golden—rare, like sunlight during winter in that northern town. Then came Elias. He arrived on a Monday. People didn’t notice him at first. He rented the small cabin near the lake, the one nobody had stayed in since the old fisherman passed away. Elias had a quiet way of being—like snow falling gently in the dark. He carried a camera everywhere, but never shared his photos. He walked through town like someone...