Human resource development: Focus on the youth

Belonging to the age-group of 15-30 years, the youths constitute around one-third of Bangladesh's total population. The youths are a strategic segment of the country's population and organised youths can bring about critical changes to society and economy. Historically, youths in Bangladesh have acted as a great catalytic force in...

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Populism versus left politics in the wake of technological change

The main political beneficiaries of the social and economic fractures wrought by globalisation and technological change, it is fair to say, have so far been right-wing populists. Politicians like Donald Trump in the United States, Viktor Orbán in Hungary, and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil have ridden to power by capitalising...

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