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Existing laws, system breed corruptions: SME owners
SME owners in Dhaka on Saturday said that the existing system, laws and complicated paperwork relating to the initiation of business bred corruption, and they were…
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Some laws, complicated paperwork blamed for corruption
The nation has turned into a fertile breeding ground for corruption, says SME owners of Bangladesh. Excessive bribery in Trade Licensing, VAT and Income Tax returns,…
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Trussonomics will be A Reckless Exercise in Slashing The State When There’s Nothing Left to Cut
Thatcherism was disastrous 40 years ago, but the new prime minister seems intent on reviving it to meet the crises of 2022 Liz Truss and her…
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How Sri Lanka Can Overcome Its Economic Crisis
The government should take advantage of the crisis to do things that it could never attempt before, from addressing regressive subsidies to restructuring state-owned enterprises. Winston…
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Hedging with Humility: Reassessing China’s Power Projection Capabilities Against Taiwan
“Andrew Higgins is the man who won the war for us. If Higgins had not designed and built those [landing craft] we never could have landed…
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Debate: There’s Anger at AMU Dropping Maududi, Qutb. But Why is Sir Syed’s Islam Not Taught?
The AMU founder’s vision of Islam stands in stark contrast to the political agenda of Islamist thinkers. Why is there is so little space for his…
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How U.S. Grand Strategy Is Changed by Ukraine
Six months into Russia’s war, seven thinkers outline its impact on foreign policy. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Foreign Policy asked a group of…
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Report on “Meet the Ambassador: British High Commissioner”
On Monday, 22nd August a program was hosted by the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) in collaboration with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Bangladesh titled “Meet the Ambassador”. The…
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Peace, Stability in the Taiwan Strait Balanced on A Razor’s Edge
On August 2, Nancy Pelosi, a close ally of US President Joe Biden and the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, published an article…
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Corruption biggest obstacle to business: SME owners
Owners of Small and Medium Enterprises in Mymensingh on Sunday said that they were bearing the brunt of corruption when it came to doing their business.…
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International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2022: Where do the ‘disappeared’ disappear to?
"How are our loved ones? Are they eating well? Are they being tortured? Are they… alive?" These questions haunt the family members of the victims of…