The shadow over solar power
The main problem facing Indonesia is the conflict of interests of the debt-ridden electricity monopoly (state electricity company PLN).
Consideration of elderly remains essential among Covid-19 measures
Consideration of those at high risk of serious illness to protect them from infection should continue to be emphasized.
The spectre of inequality
To make the tax system progressive and to achieve tax justice, it is a must to have more taxes on income and wealth and fewer taxes on consumption.
Punjab govt’s coercive actions against PTI threaten stability in the country’s largest province
Matters have come to a point where each side’s version is almost violently at odds with that of the other and arriving at some compromise or consensus appears increasingly…
Dhaka, a victim of poor governance
The writer says an absence of political will or concern for the city's residents is what leads to houses to continue being tinderboxes that are nothing but death traps.
Crazy showy Indonesians
Amid an avalanche of wealth-related scandals in the civil service, President Joko Widodo has stepped in and told officials, and presumably their families, to stop showing off…
Beyond cleaning up the oil spill
The paper says a disaster of this magnitude goes beyond containment and recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction will be a long, arduous process.
Rewarding thuggery, punishing talent
The writer writes about the state of student activism in Bangladesh.
The unending search for Covid-19’s origin
To this day, no one has been able to pinpoint the animal that supposedly served as the intermediate carrier of the virus.
Blast after blast in Dhaka
The paper urges the authorities to take the matter of building safety seriously, and improve disaster preparedness and responsiveness.