Afsan Chowdhury – The News Times

Chelsea march into Women’s Champions League semis

Sports

- Afsan Chowdhury - March 28, 2024March 28, 2024

Chelsea reached the semi-finals of the Women's Champions League on Wednesday despite a 1-1 draw at home to Ajax, while Lyon also progressed after brushing aside Benfica in France. Mayra Ramirez put Chelsea into a first-half lead on her European club debut before Chasity Grant equalised for Ajax in the second

Haiti works at govt transition as gang leader vows to fight on

World

- Afsan Chowdhury - March 14, 2024

A powerful Haitian gang leader pledged Wednesday to continue the fighting that has plunged the country into chaos, as stakeholders work toward establishing a transitional governing body to replace the outgoing prime minister. Gangs that control most of the capital Port-au-Prince launched an armed campaign almost two weeks ago saying they

Wagner and Putin: What really happened?

Article

- Afsan Chowdhury - July 2, 2023July 3, 2023

Western media is lamenting about the "mutiny" by the Wagner force which they hoped would topple Putin. However, Putin is still in power and Wagner seems to have slipped as a potential threat to the Russian supremo. The Wagner story is complex as it shows how the many forces including

Dr. Zafrullah warrior stops, battles will go on

National

- Afsan Chowdhury - April 12, 2023April 12, 2023

He just never stopped fighting his wars even after liberation. It never probably occurred to him to make peace with his battles and move on. In so many ways, he was the closest to what we would call a permanent warrior. He passed away but his battles will go on. It

21st February: Is it about everyone or a particular class?

National

- Afsan Chowdhury - February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

It's generally held that Ekushey February is the mother moment of Bangladesh history. It is celebrated nationally to produce the cultural meta imagination of state building called Shaheed Dibash. It;s as much a cultural event as it's a memorial to the national identity surge that ultimately birthed Bangladesh as the

Hero Alam: Making shushils and politicians uneasy

National

- Afsan Chowdhury - February 3, 2023February 4, 2023

It doesn't matter that Hero Alam lost by less than a thousand votes to a JSD candidate supported by the ruling party. Not many people know Tansen(JSD) outside his area but Hero Alam is a national figure, like it or not. He had a serious encounter with the law enforcers

Toab Khan: As the doyen moves on, long live journalism

National

- Afsan Chowdhury - October 2, 2022October 2, 2022

Journalist Toab Khan - Toab bhai to almost all who knew him - passed away at the age of 87. It's fitting that he did when he had just stepped into the Editor's shoes of the once defunct now revived Dainik Bangla. His heart lay there as did of many

Iran’s problem: Politics or food inflation?

Article

- Afsan Chowdhury - September 23, 2022September 24, 2022

Global food inflation is a major problem that goes unnoticed by the media in general. Politics is more exciting so the issue comes only when linked to it. Street movements are more interesting than data on extreme food denial. The causal factors that lead to many of these unrests are

Dr. Akbar Ali Khan: A farewell to the Professor of integrity

National

- Afsan Chowdhury - September 9, 2022September 10, 2022

Like several others Dr. Akbar Ali Khan was to me a citizen of the 1971 liberation war. My first conversation with him was in 1978 when he was in government service and I was working for the 1971 History project. He was posted in the Ministry of Defence of the

Who are the tea workers? A brief profile

National

- Afsan Chowdhury - August 25, 2022August 26, 2022

The recent strike by the tea workers has brought national attention to a largely forgotten community of Bangladesh. Very little is known about their ethnic identity, culture or what they think about their lives in general. Although several studies have been carried out by various agencies including UN agencies, they