Pradip Kumar Dutta

The writer is a Masters in Engineering. He writes regularly in Bangladesh newspapers on history, heritage, travelling, human rights and environmental issues.

September 30, 2026

Geopolitics/News

Sri Lanka Court Orders Return of $916,537 Stolen in Cyberattack on Taiwanese Bank

A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of US$916,537 held at the state-owned Bank of Ceylon and its return to Taiwan’s Far Eastern International Bank, the bank from which

Editor's Choice/Technology

The Man at the Far End of Trump’s AI Table

Claude is becoming increasingly capable and commercially valuable, while Anthropic is fighting Washington over autonomous weapons and surveillance. The company wants America to lead AI, but not at any price.

September 30, 2026

White House AI Accord Sets Four-Layer Safety Framework for Frontier Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and other technology leaders have signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence, committing participating companies to a four-layer

$8 Trillion G7 Defence Surge Brings AI Investment and Debt Pressures Together

Editor's Choice/News

The next decade could see an estimated $8 trillion surge in additional defence spending by the Group of Seven, according to former US Navy

Operation Searchlight: Initiation of the 1971 Genocide

March 21, 2024

History

The Bangladesh National Assembly has declared March 25th as National Genocide Remembrance Day. Rightly so, albeit late, we could, as a nation, start officially paying tribute to the victims of the 1971

Bangladesh: The heinous jail killings of 1975

November 2, 2022

Bangladesh/History

Forty-seven years have passed by. The near and dear ones of the four most important national leaders of Bangladesh after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib are yet to receive any justice for the savage