Analysis
A Promising Budget With Missing Assurances
In addition to the legacies, the FY23 budget faces several new challenges in the interplay between macroeconomic stress amidst post-pandemic recovery in a deeply uncertain global…
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Bureaucratic Complex Are the Barriers of National Interest
Bureaucracy plays dominant role in the development of the society and it is the cornerstone of modern society. Bangladesh has seen bureaucrats a continuous role in…
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What the Ukraine War Should Teach China
As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its fourth month, the endgame remains murky. But one thing is clear: Russia’s military has taken a beating from Ukrainian…
Analysis
The Ukraine War Is Becoming Putin’s Vietnam
As the war in Ukraine drags into its fourth month with no end in sight, a number of observers are beginning to ask, “Will the West…
Analysis
Without the Diplomatic Outrage, Would the BJP Have Taken Action Against Nupur Sharma?
The ‘fringe’ spokesperson merely followed the party’s playbook, and is now getting online and offline support. Nupur Sharma must wonder what exactly she has done wrong.…
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Boris Johnson Survived the Confidence Vote. What Next?
A constitutional crisis was averted on Monday – but politically (as distinct from constitutionally) the result was the worst possible for the current Prime Minister. Minister…
Analysis
Addressing Inflation Should Get Priority in The Budget
This year's inflation situation is quite different from that of other years for two reasons. Strong economic recovery from Covid-induced fallout creates demand-pull inflation while Russia-Ukraine…
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Politics of the TikTok Generation
The role that the TikTok algorithm plays in a national poll will have to be watched with interest. Even among the people born and living at…
Analysis
Russia’s Humiliation is Unavoidable
French President Emmanuel Macron recently suggested that “We must not humiliate Russia, so that the day when the fighting stops, we can build an exit ramp…
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Cost of confrontation
PEOPLE can be forgiven for thinking or hoping that the political confrontation between Imran Khan’s PTI and the coalition government is beginning to ease. There is…
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Western Leaders Ought to Take Escalation Over Ukraine Seriously
While the United States and Europe have taken significant action to assist Ukraine and pressure Russia, there is increasing pressure to “do more.” With Russian war…
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Deepening Federal Democracy
The experience of the last five years shows that federalism has empowered local units Under the federal democratic constitution, Nepal impressively concluded the second local level…