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Bangladesh Must Modernize Public Financial Management in Local Governments
Despite the long history of
local governance and recent decentralization efforts, the local government
institutions in Bangladesh play a limited role in delivering services due to...
Pointless Colonial Massacres and Post-Colonial Wars and Killings on the Indian Subcontinent
Two colonial mass killings from the
twentieth century are always remembered: The Qissa Khwani
Bazaar massacre on April 23, 1930 in
Peshawar (then India, now in Pakistan)...
Make Dhaka Walkable
When it comes to urban mobility, Global
South cities suffer significant challenges such as lack of transport equity and
poor accessibility for the urban poor. On...
Bangladesh Can Prosper With More and Better Jobs for Women
Bangladesh is among the few countries in
South Asia that has increased female employment in the last decade while also
cutting the wage gap between men...
Structural Transformation Can Turn Cities into Engines of Prosperity
By 2050, the population of cities is projected to double from its current size, with nearly 70 percent of the global
population residing in urban...
UN Environment, Google, EC partnership effective to depoliticize water crisis in South Asia
This year
the theme for World Water Day 2019 is 'Leaving no one
behind' and goes hand in hand with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-six which
is...
Tapping potential of connectivity through BCIM-EC
The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic corridor (BCIM-EC) is a sub-regional initiative, earlier known as “Kunming Initiative”, or BCIM Regional Economic Cooperation, was established in August 1999...
China-Bangladesh Cooperation under BRI to Mitigate Seaborne Security Threats in the Bay of Bengal
The ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative (BRI), commenced by the Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, has been the most significant and far-reaching project that...
New Government in Bangladesh: Implications for China-Bangladesh Relations
The People’s Republic of China is one of the earliest countries to congratulate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her landslide victory by securing two-third...
Why Sheikh Hasina Should be in Power Again?
The forthcoming Eleventh parliamentary election 2018 has created interest from all corners of society in Bangladesh and beyond. In fact, it’s a very important...