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How to Future-Proof the Global Economy

Bangladesh, April 24 -- An uncomfortable reality is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. The global economy is in a period of "more frequent and violent shocks," as Nobel laureate Michael Spence... Read More


A New Security Architecture for the Middle East

Bangladesh, April 24 -- The collapse of the first round of negotiations between the United States and Iran, mediated by Pakistan, should have surprised no one. Both parties' entrenched positions and h... Read More


The Unauditable Market

Bangladesh, April 24 -- There is a building in London, just north of the Thames, where for more than seven centuries a specific kind of work has been done that almost no one thinks about. In the Golds... Read More


The politics of graffiti

Bangladesh, April 24 -- The following news item appeared in Prothom Alo English on April 21. I quote from it: "A clash broke out between activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Islami Chhatra Shibir... Read More


MW Bangladesh presents 'Maya: Bengal in Motion'

Bangladesh, April 24 -- MW Bangladesh hosted the third edition of Maya: Bengal in Motion, paying tribute to Palli Kabi Jasimuddin and his celebrated work Nakshi Kanthar Math. The event took place on ... Read More


Scrambling for Africa

Bangladesh, April 24 -- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam has emphasised that although Bangladesh and African countries collaborate extensively in multilateral settings, there is a ... Read More


What counts as a win when victory is out of reach?

Bangladesh, April 24 -- At a time when activists and campaigners are being asked to prove impact in ever more measurable ways, we wanted to ask a different question: what actually counts as a 'win'? A... Read More


Nuclear energy is having a global revival 40 years after Chernobyl

Bangladesh, April 24 -- The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there's a revival around th... Read More


How a School Campaign in Khulna is Shaping the Future of the Sundarbans

Bangladesh, April 24 -- It is easy to think of Sundarbans conservation as a distant effort involving park rangers and wildlife experts protecting trees and tigers. But what if the story is far more in... Read More


An important show of unity, in the face of 'crisis'

Bangladesh, April 24 -- So the government was finally forced to bite the bullet this week, and raise fuel prices across the board for everything from petrol to octane, by upto 17 percent. Ever since t... Read More