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Trump’s Trade Revolution and Bangladesh’s Export Future
For decades, the entire global trading system was based on a rather simple premise: economics was expected eventually to prevail over politics. Countries would specialise in…
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Mankind Must Not Sacrifice Human Dignity at The Altar of AI
On May 19, Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters announced cuts of more than 15 percent across the bank’s roughly 52,000 support staff by 2030, replacing them…
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Violence Against Women
Not all men, but the man. This phrase has long circulated on social media whenever violence against women – such as honour killings, acid attacks, and…
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The New Oil Fields: Why Data Centres are Becoming Strategic Assets
For more than a century, oil determined the global balance of power. Nations with vast hydrocarbon reserves wielded strategic influence, while major powers designed foreign policies…
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Where is The Money?
THE proposed budget for the 2026–27 financial year is impressive by almost any numerical measures. At Tk 9.38 trillion, it is the largest budget in Bangladesh’s…
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The World Cup and Human Trafficking: What Research Reveals About Real Risks at Major Sporting Events
As U.S. cities prepare to host the FIFA World Cup, familiar warnings about human trafficking “spikes” at major sporting events have reemerged. Media outlets point to…
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India Will Pay a Heavy Price for Modi’s Israel Tilt
The idea of an Indian alliance with Israel and the UAE, which some on the Indian right have projected, is particularly delusional. In an article two…
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Bangladesh at A Fork in The Road
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…
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Taliban Legalizes Child Marriage in Afghanistan
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…
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In Myanmar’s Info War, Foreign Pens Mouth Junta’s Lines
With lobbyists on retainer and think tanks bought and sold, coup regime is winning the narrative that it is the nation’s only choice Myanmar’s revolution is…
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Misreading Baloch Youth
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…
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Geopolitical Stakes
ON JUNE 2, delegates from the 193 member states of the United Nations are scheduled to meet to hold an election to choose a new president…
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100 Days of BNP Government: Not A Verdict, But A Possibility
The rule of any government is difficult to judge within 100 days, but it is enough time to observe and learn about the instincts of the…
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Bangladesh’s Post-Uprising Election and the Struggle for Strategic Space
The February 2026 parliamentary election in Bangladesh is the first truly important political event after the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina-led system amid massive public protests…
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The First 100 Days of Tarique Rahman: Reinvention or Redemption?
The usual way to measure a government's performance in its first 100 days of office combines statistical data and political headlines. However, in Bangladesh, politics is…
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Myanmar Massacre Reveals New Rohingya Nightmare
For years, the Rohingya crisis has been understood through one central lens: The Myanmar military committed genocide against a stateless Muslim minority and drove more than…