Democracy ends where leadership begins
Dynastic politics, personality cults plague Bangladesh's political parties.
Why Karachi thirsts for water
Water ‘tankers’ barrelling down the road are a common sight even in Karachi’s ‘posh’ areas, illustrating the greatest issue confronting this city’s residents — water…
Reimagining Pol Pot’s tomb: Young Cambodians grapple with dark past
The project, crafted by two young Cambodian architects, has stirred discussions about the intersection of history, memory and reconciliation in a nation still healing from its…
Geoeconomics: The new geopolitics in Nepal
As Nepal struggles to balance the competing interests of India, China, and the US, the geopolitical rivalries offer economic growth and cooperation opportunities, and experts call…
Yearender: Day of reckoning dawns for Duterte drug war
In recommending charges against the former president, the House quad committee asserted that, for the victims of extrajudicial killings, the drug war constituted “a profound and…
Five for 2025 — The key challenges Pakistan must tackle head on in the new year
The five major issues it will need to confront head on are: a growing, multi-front security threat, foreign policy strains, zero-sum politics, internet throttling, and democratic…
Hearts online, hurt offline: The dark side of Nepali teenagers’ virtual relationships
One in four young people in Nepal experience online intimate partner violence, a recent research shows.
Vietnam’s population achievements and challenges ahead
The country's population has been ageing rapidly since 2011, with those aged sixty and above comprising 16 per cent of the population in 2023. The nation is forecast to become an…
Pakistan’s May 9, mayhem and military trials — a year on
More than 365 days later, the highest court in the country is deliberating on the constitutionality of military courts, the families of the remaining 85 accused are desperately…
What Pakistan’s founding father thought of civil liberties and the right to a fair trial
But if the founder remains confined to portraits and postage stamps, it’s come with a cost: our now perma-crisis is the logical outcome of shirking his ideas for years. It’s…