Workshop
Workshop on Fact Checking | Rangpur
In Rangpur, CGS brought together journalists from 22 national and regional media houses on 29 June 2025 for a practical workshop on fact-checking and misinformation response.…
Dialogue
Roundtable on Media Freedom and Legal Reform: Reflections on the Two Draft Ordinances
The Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) held a roundtable dialogue on Thursday, 26 June 2025, at the CIRDAP Auditorium, Dhaka. The event focused on reforms related…
Media coverage item
Int’l Day for Women in Diplomacy: Dialogue focuses on women’s challenges in politics, diplomacy
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Dhaka, in collaboration with the Centre for Governance Studies, organised a high-level discussion on Wednesday with major political parties on…
Media coverage item
Int’l Day of Women in Diplomacy observed
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Dhaka, in collaboration with the Centre for Governance Studies, a non-government think tank, hosted a discussion with members of major…
Republished
Myanmar’s Sham Election Plan is A Dangerous Ruse
The recent announcement by Myanmar’s junta that it will hold national elections in December 2025 or January 2026 is not the sign of democratic progress it…
Republished
India’s BJP Government has Weaponised Reservations to Disempower Kashmiris
A revised reservation policy brought in by India’s BJP-led central government attempts to shift Jammu and Kashmir’s politics to the ruling party’s benefit, and has left…
Analysis
Rhetoric and Reality of Summits to Showcase of Intentions, Failure in Action: Prospects of the 2025 G7 and NATO Summits
The G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada, from June 15 to 17, and the NATO Summit in The Hague, from June 24 to 25, were two of…
Republished
Donald Trump’s Craven War on Myanmar
Trump has slashed US funding to Myanmar civil society, media and activists in a shortsighted blow to nation’s democratic hope and resistance American President Donald Trump…
Analysis
The Twilight of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s once internationally celebrated democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 years old on June 19, entering her fifth year of imprisonment following the country’s…
Analysis
Overshadowed by Border Dispute, India-Pakistan Water Security Risks Grow
A disputed India-Pakistan border in Kashmir isn’t the only threat to stability on the subcontinent. One that’s often overlooked is water security. India and Pakistan should…
Analysis
Will Myanmar’s Military Replace Its Embattled Leader?
To pro-democracy forces he is a brutal dictator who imprisons people who oppose his February 2021 coup, a power-hungry maniac who has not hesitated to send…
Analysis
Israel’s Attacks on Iran Hint at A Bigger Goal: Regime Change
Israel's surprise attack on Iran had an obvious goal of sharply disrupting Tehran's nuclear program and lengthening the time it would need to develop an atomic…