Centre for Governance Studies, Dhaka

Author: admin

Analysis

Democratic Refuge?

Ali Hassan Bangwar Published 8 June 2026

Electioneering in Gilgit-Baltistan centers on these slogans and promises: should you (s)elect us to power, we would make G-B like Karachi; if (s)elected, we would make…

Analysis

A Hope for a Hormuz Coalition

Wang Son-Taek Published 8 June 2026

Nearly two months have passed since the April 7 ceasefire in the Iran war. Yet negotiations aimed at turning that pause into a durable settlement remain…

Republished

Bangladesh at A Fork in The Road

Zillur Rahman Published 7 June 2026

At present, Bangladesh displays two distinct pictures. On the one hand, there is growing alarm over the slowdown in GDP growth, challenges within the country's banking…

Republished

Taliban Legalizes Child Marriage in Afghanistan

Hamasa Published 2 June 2026

The Taliban’s Islamic Emirate has launched another legal offensive against women’s human dignity: its new “Code on Judicial Separation of Spouses.” This law is testament to…

Republished

Misreading Baloch Youth

Muhammad Amir Rana Published 2 June 2026

THE insurgency in Balochistan has posed a different set of problems for the state, which is still struggling to fully understand its dynamics. Perhaps the biggest…

Analysis

Modi’s Enablers

Ramachandra Guha Published 2 June 2026

Rahul Gandhi may be a good fellow; nonetheless, those who wish for a successful pushback against the regime of the BJP should perhaps stop looking to…