Burning more money not a sustainable solution
The paper says most price subsidies should be distributed through a well-targeted social assistance program, rather than being commodity-based.
A bleak future awaits Pakistan if politics and economics continue to collide
The writer says all political actors need to think as much about the country’s economic future as their own partisan interests.
The ‘poison’ that is killing American blacks
The killing of 10 black people by a white gunman in Buffalo, New York, earlier this month has raised troubling questions not just about gun violence but also rising…
America’s deadly fascination with guns
Gun-related killings make up more than 70 per cent of all homicides in the US in a year.
Imran Khan’s march to chaos
Whether or not Khan succeeds in his objective, the situation is becoming increasingly untenable for the present dispensation.
There is just one way to save Dhaka
The writer says the hard reality is that Dhaka's traffic problem will not go away anytime soon.
Another perspective about Singapore’s rejection of preacher Somad
The writer says people sometimes need to try to see problems from the perspective of people who are different from them.
Protests have bridged ethnic differences in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is going through one of the worst crises of its history. Food has become scarce, prices have shot through the roof, and long power cuts have turned the lives of ordinary…
President Yoon Suk-yeol’s neoliberalism
The writer says President Yoon's neoliberalism needs to be amended to include the weak and vulnerable in his vision for the nation.
24 years on, can we agree to realize a violence-free Indonesia?
One of the strains that persistently emerge from time to time is between the youths and the grown-ups.