Analysis
Apparel sector should not be blinded by technology
If you want to understand the present, look to the past. All the talk right now in apparel supply chains is of new technology, automation and…
Analysis
What Happens if Rohingya Stay in Bangladesh Forever?
Earlier this month, the Myanmar government embarked upon a new plan to begin repatriating Rohingya who had fled Rakhine State after waves of brutal violence there.…
Analysis
Bangladesh tries to muffle the siren song of the capital
But climate change displaces farmers and factories lure them Industrial zones, residential developments, clinics and universities—the mayor of Mongla’s ideas for his town’s expansion seem a…
Working paper
China meets India in Rakhine: Implications for Bangladesh
Nearly one million Rohingya have poured into Bangladesh in the past few years caused by escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. This has created enormous demographic…
Republished
What History teaches us about Empires?
In the wake of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is fashionable to obsess with terms like Block Chain Technology, Big Data, Cloud Computingand Artificial Intelligence. Automation…
Seminar
Seminar On ” Human Rights Offenders In Asia: Role Of The United Nations”
The seminar was planned against the background of serious challenges to human rights and rule of law in different parts of Asia. Despite a great deal…
Analysis
Without safe migration, economic recovery will be limited
We cannot recover from the coronavirus economic crisis without relaunching migration safely and universally. Antonio Vitorino COVID-19 has created an unprecedented global health crisis. But with…
Analysis
Life and livelihood in national budget
EACH day, Bangladesh records an accelerating number of COVID-19 cases, coupled with harrowing experiences of treatment refusal, job insecurity, eroded income and an overall curtailed control…
Republished
Modern monetary theory: the rise of economists who say huge government debt is not a problem
There is no limit to the quantity of money that can be created by a central bank such as the Bank of England. It was different…
Analysis
Territorial nationalism a dead end for Modi
Modi seems incapable of differentiating his domestic popularity and India’s strategic decision-making Bhim Bhurtel The Indian press reported that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fell…
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The PM’s China visit
A friendship that has given both political and economic dividends It is undeniable that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has, quite deftly, made the most of the…
Media coverage item
Focus on inequality: experts
The government should focus on inclusive growth to arrest the rising inequality and bring down the unemployment rate, analysts said yesterday. “If the issues are not…