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The Atlantic Council, a US-based think tank, recently published a report that poses the question: does freedom lead to prosperity, or does prosperity lead to freedom?…
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If the treatment of Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus is any indication, Bangladesh's independent civil society is currently in great peril. Over the last year, human…
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Bangladesh has kicked off the year with the first of many important national elections to be held around the world. However, all the violence and controversy…
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Right after the national polls closed in Bangladesh on January 7, the so-called independent election observers whom the government hosted spoke to the media about how…
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Born during the height of the Cold War, Bangladesh is a nation state that is uniquely embroiled in the machinations of geopolitics. There seems to have…
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Contemporary geopolitical relations between Bangladesh and India are based on a few age-old principles. When discussing Bangladesh-India relations, we must first acknowledge that India's backing of…
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IT WAS supposed to be friendship towards all and malice towards none. But the current government’s attitude towards the United States has been far from friendly.…
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Recently, US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu sent letters to all major political parties reiterating the importance of a dialogue. Free, fair and inclusive elections…
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BEING granted entry into a foreign country, such as the USA, is not and never has been a fundamental human right for citizens of Bangladesh. But…
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As we go through the mundanity of our day-to-day lives, it becomes easy to forget that the nation we are part of evolves at a rapid…
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Law Minister Anisul Huq recently stated that he thinks the misuse of the Digital Security Act, 2018 will stop after the enforcement of the proposed Cyber…
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The political deadlock we find ourselves in has been festering in the background for a very long time. The ruling party's expected opposition for BNP's demand…
