Analysis
Is A Global Goal on Adaptation Possible
At the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change made at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)…
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Rohingya Refugees Facing Medical Crisis on Bhasan Char
Partly because of poor planning, the island's meager health care system is being overwhelmed by a diarrhea outbreak More than a quarter of the approximately 18,000…
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Economics Needs a Climate Revolution
With its fixation on equilibrium thinking and an exclusive focus on market factors that can be precisely measured, the neoclassical orthodoxy in economics is fundamentally unequipped…
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We’re Not Ready for Another Pandemic
The next big plague is coming, and despite making progress on pandemic preparedness, the U.S. might still suffer mass casualties. Here’s why. Ominous pathogens seem to…
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Bangladesh’s LDC Graduation and The Challenges Ahead
Graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) group to developing country status is a milestone in our development journey, and it will certainly improve Bangladesh's image…
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How Do We Tackle This New Onslaught of The Coronavirus?
The infection rate and deaths from the coronavirus have been increasing after the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. On June 26 the infection rate was 22.50 percent (with 4,334…
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Small and Medium Enterprises: An Overview of Covid-19 and Stimulus Packages
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of a nation, providing a multidimensional contribution to the socioeconomic environment of a country. Due to the broad…
Investigative report
One Year After PM’s Order, District Hospitals Still Lack ICUs
The Covid positivity rate is now hovering between 30% and 32% in Naogaon, a bordering district of the country. Amid the wide spread of infection, many…
Analysis
Inequality in the Time of Covid-19
The severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly seen in the numbers: more than 3.1 million deaths and rising, 120 million people pushed into extreme…
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Beijing Wants A ‘Loyal Opposition’ for Hong Kong – A New Role, or A Trap for the Democratic Party?
Under the new blunderbuss approach, virtually all the democrats’ most popular candidates are in jail, writes Suzanne Pepper. After a crackdown which was decades in the…
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Does Modi’s Meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Parties Signal a Thaw or a Trap?
Beyond the atmospherics, there appears to have been little to welcome. The prime minister stressed the urgency of completing the delimitation exercise and holding elections but…
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First World/Third World and Other Binaries: How We Talk About the World Matters
What underpins all these ways of compartmentalising the world is the assumption that the European and North American models of development are the end-goal for all…