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Afghanistan

Duty calls to alleviate suffering in Afghanistan

Imagine for a minute that you are in those conditions; you need to put food on the table for your starving children, it is...

OWSA Contributor - 5 February 2022

Bangladesh

US Sanctions on Bangladesh: What will happen next?

From the streets of Dhaka to the corridors of power, the announcement of US sanctions on personnel of Bangladesh’s elite Rapid Action Battalion has...

OWSA Contributor - 4 February 2022

Climate change

Forests, environment and climate change budgets overlook the marginalised

Budget 2022 has not worked to realise the commitments the prime minister made at COP26. The most marginalised have not been considered in the...

OWSA Contributor - 4 February 2022

Afghanistan

Tribesmen returning from Afghanistan find life tough in camps for internally displaced

North Waziristan tribesmen who had migrated to Afghanistan during Operation Zarb-e-Azb have fallen on hard times in camp for internally displaced people in the...

OWSA Contributor - 3 February 2022

Governance

SouthAsia calls for increased tax revenues from the digitalized economy

Recent research indicates that a tax-GDP ratio above 15 per cent is a “tipping point” that helps countries generate sufficient domestic resources that can...

OWSA Contributor - 2 February 2022

Governance

Preliminary questions Budget 2022 raises

A zero allocation for the national programme on mid-day meals in schools is disturbing and the budget for the LPG connections for poor households...

OWSA Staff - 1 February 2022

Freedom of speech and expression

Myanmar’s military junta is killing press freedom

The junta have a cynical incentive to suppress reporting that exposes their daily assault on Myanmar’s people. According to the report on 28 January...

Inter Press Service - 1 February 2022

Air

Economic Survey dwells on SDG achievements

The Economic Survey highlights the importance of balancing rapid economic growth with conservation, ecological security and environmental sustainability. A day before presenting the budget before...

OWSA Staff - 31 January 2022

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