Analysis

What Islami Bank’s RDS figures reveal…and what they do not

A review of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC’s Rural Development Scheme (RDS) annual reports and lending data raises substantial questions about ...

How the tax trap is keeping cigarettes cheap in Bangladesh

How Muslims lost electoral leverage in India

Data, policy or procurement: What went wrong in Bangladesh’s measles outbreak?

Why the world’s best intelligence agencies fail in Iran

Making a sense of Bangladesh’s ‘Hadi effect’

Understanding the BNP’s quiet repositioning in Bangladesh’s political center..

In Delhi, Putin tests the world’s new multipolar reality

Putin comes to New Delhi with war behind him and [oil] bargains ahead

Ideology, not economics, is driving the ongoing port debate

The ongoing dispute over port leasing or appointment is essentially entirely ideological. If you are a leftist socialist, then port ...

27 Nov 2025 15:36 PM

Ideology, not economics, is driving the ongoing port debate

Banik Barta’s swipe at an adviser’s “Singaporephilia” completely misses the point

Bangladesh’s leading vernacular business daily, Banik Barta, ran a story on Tuesday attempting to build a case against an adviser ...

25 Nov 2025 14:26 PM

Banik Barta’s swipe at an adviser’s “Singaporephilia” completely misses the point

No DMZ, no deterrence: India’s border strategy and Bangladesh’s strategic sleepwalk

A sober look at the India–Bangladesh border flashpoint—the Siliguri “Chicken’s Neck” and Bangladesh’s own coastal chokepoint—rising militarization, missing DMZ safeguards, ...

08 Nov 2025 18:44 PM

No DMZ, no deterrence: India’s border strategy and Bangladesh’s strategic sleepwalk

The overlooked fault lines in Bangladesh’s strategic security posture

An analysis argues Bangladesh’s “Asian Tiger” narrative masks $16B/year money laundering, defense over-dependence on imports, a strategy vacuum, weak intel/C3, ...

23 Oct 2025 14:18 PM

The overlooked fault lines in Bangladesh’s strategic security posture

America’s Golden Dome meets China’s quiet countermove

Donald Trump’s $175 billion “Golden Dome” missile defense plan promises to shield North America—but while Washington debates budgets, China’s Nanjing ...

13 Oct 2025 05:59 AM

America’s Golden Dome meets China’s quiet countermove

Why the China factor shapes how New Delhi handles Ladakh

Ladakh after 2019 UT status: rising demands for Sixth Schedule autonomy and statehood, Sept 24 Leh killings, Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA ...

05 Oct 2025 22:29 PM

Why the China factor shapes how New Delhi handles Ladakh

Why the Saudi-Pakistani alliance is more stagecraft than statecraft

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan’s new Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA) looks historic on paper—but beneath the fanfare, it is more ...

19 Sep 2025 13:15 PM

Why the Saudi-Pakistani alliance is more stagecraft than statecraft

The secular icon who wasn’t: A new book recasts Indira Gandhi

Explore Shahid Siddiqui’s searing critique of Indira Gandhi’s politics—unmasking the myth of her secularism and revealing a ruthless pragmatist whose ...

17 Sep 2025 23:40 PM