Analysis
ICJ Ruling on Rohingya: Where do we go from here?
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on Myanmar about taking emergency measures for the protection of the Rohingyas, delivered at The Hague on Thursday, is…
Analysis
The persecuted Rohingya now have legal protection, but will it amount to anything?
The ICJ ruling on Myanmar is a rare bright point in a woeful international response. Unfortunately its powers are limited Francis Wade On Thursday the internet…
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Bangladesh’s authoritarian shift
In Bangladesh the ruling Awami League has established total control over state machinery and politics since the managed election of December 2018. Simmering popular discontent found…
Media coverage item
BD has enough room to gain in IT era, says economist
Emerging economies like Bangladesh can benefit to a great extent from the rapid global changes against backdrop of information technology (IT)-based services, Italian economist Nicolo Andreula…
Media coverage item
Alternative job skills needed amid tech development
Italian economist Nicolo Andreula on Wednesday stressed the need for accumulating various alternative skills, adopting lifetime learning process and considering a portfolio career by employees globally…
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Leaving democracy behind
January 7th marks the anniversary of the beginning of the third consecutive term of the Awami League government in power in Bangladesh, making Sheikh Hasina its…
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Flow Generation
“Dhaka is dirty and dangerous, don’t go there, there’s nothing to see.” That’s what some people told me when they heard about my plan to spend…
Public lecture
Flow Generation: The uncertain future and the possibility
Everything keeps changing in a blink, and unlike our parents, we have no idea how to make it to retirement. The popular dimensions of jobs have…
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BANGLADESH IN 2020 Eight points to consider
Twenty-twenty will be an eventful year for Bangladesh. It will be celebrating the year as the Mujib Year with shining glory and confidence. Yet, the year…
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A Year of Protest: The Rapid Decline in Civic Freedoms World Over
A new watch list by the CIVICUS Monitor shines a spotlight on Hong Kong, Colombia, Egypt, Guinea and Kazakhstan where there are escalating rights violations against…
Analysis
How President Pence Would Blow Up 2020
If Trump were removed from office, the Democratic race would be turned upside down. If the Senate were to remove President Donald Trump from office—which could…
Analysis
Bangladesh Needs to Wake Up from Its Slumbering Foreign Policy
The Indian Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) should come as no surprise to Bangladesh. This delegitimizes millions of Bengalis and other Muslims who have lived in India…