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Bangladesh on the Move, Part 1: A Development Breakthrough
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- June 5, 2018
Bangladesh, a country branded at its birth, in 1971, as a bottomless development basket by Henry Kissinger, marches forward. Proving Kissinger’s words wrong, this development success story unfolds in one of the poorest countries of the world. The country moves forward with impressive development performance, despite the chaos following frequent natural calamities, military coups, inadequate
READ MOREBangladesh on the Move, Part 2: Future Prospects
- Analysis
- June 5, 2018
Read Part 1 of this article here. London-based research organization BMI has listed Bangladesh as one of six countries that will be growth performers in the period 2016–2025. Three major factors are identified as boosters of this growth. An exogenous boost is expected from lowering global commodity prices from which major commodity importing countries, such
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Need More Proof of Genocide in Myanmar? It’s Being Born Right Now
- Analysis
- June 3, 2018
by John Packer Nine months since the violent attacks of August 25, 2017, and thereafter forced 700,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, the first of thousands of pregnancies as a result of rape are coming to term. For these women and girls, the ongoing crisis is inescapably urgent. The imminent births won’t wait. Humanitarian
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Alternative Facts, Chinese Style
- Analysis
- May 25, 2018
China’s increased censorship of foreign websites came to light on May 15, when it was reported that Air Canada had changed the drop-down menus of its destinations to show Taiwan’s capital Taipei as part of China. Air Canada’s capitulation to China’s demand immediately drew protests from Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry, threats of boycott from Taiwanese-Canadian communities,
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