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COVID-19 Notes from Bangladesh:A Human Security Discourse
If at first, an idea does not sound absurd, then there is no hope for it. —Albert Einstein Background The world has once again come to…
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Revisiting Health Security: The Effects of Covid-19 Across South Asia
Shahab Enam Khan and Pooja Sharma COVID-19 and South Asia South Asians have a profound memory of Kathmandu of the 1980s, a city full of mystic…
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China must pay for its Covid crimes
We know in detail that the Chinese Communist Party wilfully withheld evidence about the scope, extent, and ease of human to human transmission of the coronavirus.…
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No choice between lives and livelihoods
Bangladesh has been under lockdown since March 25, 2020 to control the spread of coronavirus. Though officially it has been termed as holidays, in essence it…
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What happens to the internet when the coronavirus pandemic is over?
The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the daily lives of billions of people — including elites in nearly every country — has set the stage…
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We Need to Reverse the Damage Trump Has Done in Latin America. Biden’s Plans Don’t Cut It.
WITH BERNIE SANDERS’S exit from the presidential race, Joe Biden has become the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee. The almost-octogenarian old-guard white male has nearly 40 years…
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Hindu Nationalists Are Using COVID-19 to Fuel a Humanitarian Disaster in India
Will the U.S. take notice before it’s too late? Abdul Malik Mujahid “All people are not equal,” declared Subramanian Swamy, a member of parliament for India’s…
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A crisis like no other: Asia and the wider global picture
The corona crisis sends shockwaves through political, economic and social systems. The challenges for the Asia-Pacific region are enormous and they call for systemic changes. Marc…
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A proposal for forthcoming budget
Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, Rawnak Jahan, Antara Chowdhury, Rubia Siddiqua and Guljar Hossain I IN MOST cases, responses to pandemics or economic crises for right reasons…
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What Donald Trump’s funding cuts to WHO mean for the world
US President Donald Trump has announced the US is cutting its funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) – a decision that will have major implications…