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Can Pakistan and Bangladesh Be Friends?
China and Turkey are providing the opportunity for Pakistan to sit with Bangladesh again. Islamabad must do so with sincerity and self-reflection. On August 14, Pakistan’s…
Analysis
The Social Fabric of the U.S. Is Fraying Severely, if Not Unravelling
Why, in the world’s richest country, is every metric of mental health pathology rapidly worsening? THE YEAR 2020 has been one of the most tumultuous in…
Analysis
Neocolonialism vs sovereignty in Sri Lanka
Strategically located in the ancient Indian Ocean trade route, Sri Lanka faces competition for control by external powers On August 5, a new government was elected…
Analysis
Has Covid-19 Changed the UK’s Perception of the Migrant Crisis?
Covid-19 has challenged the world in many ways; from the devastating loss of life to the damaging economic impacts, no one could have predicted the immense…
Analysis
The Seven Dangerous Paradoxes of Kamala Harris
A lot of theoretical nonsense is already being talked about the multiple meanings of Joe Biden’s pick of California Senator Kalama Harris as his vice-presidential running…
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‘Will the state take responsibility?’
"Who will accept responsibility for the incident? Will the state take responsibility?" Asked the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on February 13 of this year to the…
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Why Shinzo Abe leaves big shoes to fill
Shinzo Abe announced on Friday that he would step down for health reasons when a successor was found, he had already surpassed, by four days, his…
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Bangladesh-India relations: Media should bridge communication gap
Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh VardhanShringla came to Dhaka last week on a brief visit to Bangladesh aimed at boosting ties between the two neighbouring countries Indian…
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Indian Foreign Secretary’s sojourn to Dhaka: Resetting Indo-Bangladesh relations
The two parties have decided to kick off a few agendas to promote bi-lateral trade, connectivity and direct communication between the youths across the border. An…
Analysis
The global risk of the US election
Unlike in Jules Verne’s Around the world in 80 days, the modern world’s journey over the next 80 days will be more of a slog than…
Analysis
A year after Assam’s NRC released, citizenship of two million people remains under a cloud
They are yet to receive rejection orders explaining why they were left out of the register. It has been a year since Assam published its updated…
Analysis
How worried should we be about the coronavirus resurgence in Europe?
Coronavirus is back in large numbers across Europe. Since governments began to lift lockdowns at the start of the European summer, positive cases of COVID-19 have…