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Making sense of Bangladesh’s investment in megaprojects: development or delusion?

by Kazi Mohammad Jamshed History manifests that Megaprojects may become landmarks for a country by bringing transformational impact on the lives of the long-deprived people. Infrastructure-megaprojects are material drivers for accelerating the economic growth of developing countries especially while in…

Why blasphemy is a capital offense in some Muslim countries

By Ahmet T. Kuru Junaid Hafeez, a university lecturer in Pakistan, had been imprisoned for six years when he was sentenced to death in December 2019. The charge: blasphemy, specifically insulting Prophet Muhammad on Facebook. Pakistan has the world’s second strictest blasphemy…

What next after Mohibullah’s killing

by Saleem Samad The reality of the presence of Arsa in Bangladesh is full of contradictions. The assassination of Rohingya refugee leader Mohammed Mohibullah in broad daylight on September 29 has shocked the world. The United Nations, the European Union,…

Why should Singapore solve the Rohingya refugee crisis for ensuring the greater interest of South East Asia?

by Pathik Hasan   It is Singapore that can make Myanmar realize Rohingya repatriation. Singapore can be an ideal mediator in solving the Rohingya Refugee Crisis because Singapore has very good relations with both Myanmar and Bangladesh. However, Bangladesh has…

Siberia’s Hot Streak

Global warming in Siberia is on a hot streak! It was +6°C last year. In like manner, if the entire planet hit +6°C above pre-industrial, it would be lights out, life snuffed out, sayonara. Meanwhile, the Siberian hot streak theoretically…

What Does India Get Out of Being Part of ‘The Quad’?

Australia has joined the U.S. and UK games to contain China, leaving India unclear in the Quad and isolated in Asia. Tied to the waning imperial power of the U.S., India is gradually losing strategic autonomy. By Prabir Purkayastha The…

Why the World’s Eyes Are on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border

Afghanistan and Tajikistan share a 1,400-kilometer border. Recently, a war of words has erupted between Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and the Taliban government in Kabul. Rahmon censures the Taliban for the destabilization of Central Asia by the export of militant…

A No-Word: The Silence of Zen

An Interview with Sr. Anne-Marie Brittain, NDS about her book: A No-Word   by Genevieve Balance-Kupang The trees, flowers, and plants grow in silence. The stars, sun, and moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective… We need…

Korea: a call for reformation of the residency status system for migrant cultural artists

Culture and the Arts     A committee for the Reformation of the Residency Status System for Migrant Cultural Artists held a press conference on 29 September 2021 in front of the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Gwanghwamun square…

Travellers, You and I

POEM   Many beaches we have been to You and I We have travelled along the coasts of continents You and I Exploring the edges of what is known And not yet known Travellers, You and I.   The sea…

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