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The military junta is introducing Southeast Asia to the Chinese model of state surveillance and information control. Soon after the military coup in Myanmar on February…
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While the current global atmosphere seems quite bleak for American-style liberal democracy, the anti-Hijab movement in Iran is a surprising pushback out of the blue. This…
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Since launching his war of aggression in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has described his barbaric project as a confrontation with the entire West. But while…
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Unelected and brutal, Ranil Wickremesinghe must go. But so must the executive presidency that keeps serving up tyrants. Sri Lankans are used to tyrants as presidents.…
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For a long time, American political observers saw the United States as a global democratic exemplar. In recent years, however, they have confronted the reality that…
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A study of the Center for Governance Studies (CGS), in partnership with the Center for International Business Enterprise, finds Around 52 per cent of the small…
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A survey has found that 52.06 per cent of Small and Medium Enterprises paid bribe to obtain essential services related to business in the year preceding…
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More than 52 per cent of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) paid a bribe to avail essential services at various government offices in the year preceding…
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Around 52 per cent of the small industries in Bangladesh have to pay bribes for obtaining essential services, including availing and renewing licences, using public utilities…
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More than half of the small industries in Bangladesh have to pay bribes for obtaining essential services, including availing and renewing licences, using public utilities such…
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- 52% of SMEs had to pay bribes - 90% SMEs believe corruption is pervasive - 71% or SMEs think resorting to corruption increases market competitiveness…
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As the West frets over the possibility of Vladimir Putin turning to nuclear weapons in Ukraine, there is a risk that similar threats posed by another…
