In the early days of President Donald Trump’s regime, Benjamin Wittes, editor of the Lawfare blog, coined an oft-repeated phrase about the president’s first, slapdash Muslim ban: “malevolence tempered by incompetence.” It’s a useful formulation; Trump’s fascist instincts would be much more dangerous if he had the discipline to pursue them systematically instead of spasmodically…. Read more »
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Bangladesh shows the way for financial inclusion
Beginning in the late 2000s, Bangladesh’s campaign for financial inclusion was led by the central bank as a strategic instrument for increasing savings habit, alleviating poverty, improving household welfare and promoting micro and small businesses, particularly for women. Financial Inclusion has now become one of the strategic instruments for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including… Read more »
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The lesser cruelty on immigration
Let’s start with the easy part. The policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border, delivering them into a bureaucratic labyrinth while their fathers and mothers await trial or petition for asylum, is the wickedest thing the Trump administration has done so far — and you can tell exactly how wicked by… Read more »
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World Refugee Day: Bangladesh stands out as a beacon of hope
Tragically, more than 68 million people worldwide have been forced from their homes and are in need of generous hearts to help them through challenging times. Today is World Refugee Day, which provides an opportunity to reflect on the suffering of displaced people and what we can do to provide them safety as well as… Read more »
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The myth of food self-sufficiency
The principal objective of agricultural production in Bangladesh is to ensure an adequate food supply for the rising population. The memory of the catastrophic famine of 1974 that led to the death of tens of thousands of people from starvation and the withholding of food shipments by the US government still haunts the country. Successive… Read more »
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Why this wasn’t Kim’s father’s – or grandfather’s – summit
The joint statement issued by the American and North Korean leaders after Tuesday’s Singapore summit is a shorter and weaker version of promises made by Kim Jong Un’s father and grandfather – and those made by the younger Kim to South Korean President Moon Jae-in less than two months ago. In the declaration signed with… Read more »