Investment of black money in real estate
The provision for whitening black money has ever remained a tricky issue. This issue emerges as a highly contentious subject every time the authorities approach the national budget. Independent economists and the civil society express their opposition to any scope for legalising ill-gotten money. But policymakers argue that if there...
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Is BRICS losing glamour?
The rise of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) was once portrayed as the beginning of a post-western age. For much of the past two decades, the bloc symbolised the ambitions of emerging powers determined to reshape a global order long dominated by the United States and its...
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A society not protective of its children
There is no exact statistics on how many children live on the sidewalks of Dhaka and elsewhere in Bangladesh. A Unicef report published in March 2024 said more than 3.4 million children find themselves in 'street situations' in Bangladesh without parental care. Some reports say the number is higher. According...
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An attempt to frustrate new regional alignment?
I wouldn't call it a change of heart but more of a new approach or tactical manoeuvre compelled by the new geopolitical and strategic scenario surfacing not only in the Subcontinent but in the whole world, the Middle East in particular. With Iran standing firm after the combined onslaught of...
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Protecting youth from gambling
As the blessings of technology continue to permeate every layer of modern civilisation, a dangerous menace is simultaneously spreading behind the digital veil-online gambling and betting. What initially appears to be harmless entertainment is gradually turning into a silent addiction, particularly among the youth.To protect young people from this invisible...
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