The anatomy of macroeconomic challenges in Bangladesh
The pressure of the current price hike is beyond the endurance level of the low-income people in the country.
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Sporting Life: In a gift of shoes, a Games finds soul
The history of shoes in sport is more complicated than style, colour, fit and carbon-fibre plates.
G7’s bid to undermine China’s BRI set for failure
It seems that politicians behind the G7 bid are attempting to recast the BRI, an orderly development plan, as a global power grab.
Is Korea soft on crime?
Experts point out that simply enforcing heavier penalties on criminals is not enough to reduce serious crime.
Sports tourism meeting people’s diverse needs
The success of the Beijing Winter Olympics in promoting winter sports has led to the dramatic increase in the demand for sports tourism and the gradual but steady integration of…
Several Indonesians trapped in illegal payday loan schemes
Due to the absence of legal protection for payday-loan customer in the country, debt collectors feel free to use intimidation, violation of privacy and terror.
The HIV response is in danger—the promise of ending AIDS is under threat
Although affordable treatments are available to prevent most AIDS-related deaths, 650 000 people died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2021.
China faces new demographic challenges
China's total low fertility rate and aging population will create some new challenges for its economic development.
Suspend Myanmar before the Phnom Penh Asean Regional Forum
The writer says Asean foreign ministers should take bolder measures to ensure the junta will not act as a “thorn in the flesh” of the regional bloc.
Oppenheimer, the Gita and a duty that Christopher Nolan owes Asia
The acclaimed film-maker should be mindful that his movie on the ‘father of the atomic bomb’ is coming out when the world is in a peculiar churn.