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Is Pakistan Aligned With Beijing or Washington?
With the funneling of aid and IMF nod resting at Washington’s largesse, Pakistan will have to make a tough calculus Quite recently when Pakistan cherished the…
Analysis
Covid-19’s True Toll on India
India is no stranger to political controversies. At least half a dozen rage in its fractious public life at any time. But perhaps the most unseemly…
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Road Accident: A Major Concern of Bangladesh
There has been an alarming rise in the number of road accidents in Bangladesh over the last few years. The number of accidents and fatalities has…
Analysis
Recession is The Real Danger for Democrats
President Joe Biden arrives at Chicago O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, before boarding Marine One to travel to Kankakee, Ill., to visit…
Analysis
A Way Out of Today’s Constitutional Impasse and The Way Forward
The citizens right to recall their elected representatives : After 30 days of sustained peaceful agitation led by youth and supported by thousands of ordinary citizens…
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Don’t normalise living in fear
Bangladesh is a nation that is being carried almost entirely by the labour of its underprivileged and uneducated people, who slave away at garment factories and…
Analysis
The ‘New’ PM Will Not Be A Panacea to Sri Lanka’s Problems
Without a fundamental restructuring of the state, Sri Lanka will simply repeat the past mistakes that got it there. This week saw the most serious unrest…
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The Taliban’s Many Problematic Borders
The Taliban are beset on all sides by difficult borders, and the group’s inability to bring them under control may serve to complicate relations with regional…
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The Demon We Invoked and Need to Exorcise
Be careful what you wish for; for you might just get it all! - A western proverb The Rajapaksas know just one way. Deception, intimidation, murder,…
Analysis
US Must Assist With Climate Finance
As US President Joe Biden is due to meet with leaders from Southeast Asian countries this week at the US-Asean Summit in Washington from May 12-13,…
Analysis
Sri Lanka: Debt Crisis, Neocolonialism and Geopolitical Rivalry
To prevent falling back into the same paralyzing debt cycle, it is necessary to move beyond domestic politics Sri Lanka is in the throes of an…
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Why Myanmar Should Have Friendship and Neighbourhood Policy Towards Bangladesh?
Bangladesh and Myanmar share a land boundary of 271 kilometers. Prior to their establishment as contemporary nation states, both countries had a long history of exchanging…