This May Day, let us remember our child workers
According to the National Child Labour Survey-2022 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, approximately 1.78 million children aged five to 17 were engaged in child labour. Of…
OPINION
Bracing for avoidable blunders
The tragedy of Pahalgam is heartrending but it cannot be redressed with war drums.
Who do the soldiers stand for?
The Yoon crisis revealed a hopeful truth: that many in the military — especially younger officers and those from the nonmilitary academy — understand that loyalty to the…
Ratifying historic maritime boundary agreement in the South China Sea
The House of Representatives' ratification of a 2022 maritime border agreement would confirm Indonesia and Vietnam's refusal of China's nine-dash line claim.
Coalition contradictions
A national Opposition bloc can either have a huge impact on politics, offering strong checks and balances to push the government of the day to work better, or it could splinter…
Can Saudis help reduce tension?
Matters between India and Pakistan are exacerbated because there appears to be no dialogue mechanism.
Foreign students surge in South Korea
210,000 foreign national students registered at Korean institutions last year — a staggering 15 percent increase from the previous year.
State and statelessness in South Asia
Refugees are seen as ‘unwanted’ people and a drain on limited resources.
Fostering trust, building prosperity
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the legacy of close Malaysia-China relations continues, reflecting the commitment of the Madani Government in advocating a…
The populist pope
When Donald Trump said he would attend Pope Francis’ funeral, the symbolism was impossible to ignore: the American has done to his country’s institutions what Francis did to…