Opinion

Peace in Afghanistan

THERE were whispers in the village, high up in the mountains of Afghanistan. There was a stranger here. He had made a friend and been invited to live in a

Role of Family in Moral Development

Morality denotes learning the difference between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour toward others. Usually, the word morality carries three concepts – moral standards, moral responsibility, and moral

Xi Jinping’s visit to Nepal

THE most notable recent events influencing the political situation in South Asia were Xi Jinping’s visits to India — the meeting with India’s prime minister Narendra Modi took place on

Secularism in the Context of Bangladesh

Farzana Mahmood Secularism as a modern concept is aligned to the same modern concept of equality, freedom and democracy. Secularism anywhere in the world works as the antidote of communalism,

EU after Brexit

Brexit has weakened populists on the continent? This is wishful thinking. No longer willing to leave the EU, instead populists are determined to take it over, writes Jan Zielonka BREXIT is

Informal workers: an untapped asset for Asia’s unions

Asia’s unions could grow their power while helping informal and precarious workers to secure their labour rights, but they would need to up their game, writes Michele Ford Precarious workers need Asia’s

Lanka election time promises costly to keep

In the case of the present election promises, most of them will cost the government a large amount of money and how this is to be financed when taxes are

Asia’s remarkable economic transformation

Governments played a vital role, ranging from leader to catalyst or supporter, in Asia’s half-century of development. TWO centuries ago, in 1820, Asia accounted for two-thirds of the world’s population