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Jun 7, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Seth Borenstein |Ian Scoones |Angela Serrano
The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year's surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. The group of 57 scientists from around the world used United Nations-approved methods to examine what's behind last year's deadly burst of heat. They said even with a faster warming rate they don't see evidence of significant acceleration in human-caused climate change beyond increased fossil fuel burning.
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dhakacourier.com.bd | Ian Scoones |Angela Serrano
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has suggested forming a government of national unity after losing its parliamentary majority in last week's elections. It says it has reached out to all parties but negotiations are still underway. "The results indicate that the South Africans want all parties to work together," ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri told journalists.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Afsan Chowdhury |Ian Scoones |Angela Serrano
If you live in Dhaka you will have to cross mains roads and sub roads as well many other kinds of roads where the motorized vehicular traffic load is high and cars and of course motorbikes all jostle with each other to move ahead. Since there is no such thing as traffic rules let alone etiquette, most just want to go ahead, come what may. One can safely wonder if they can manage the path ahead safely as well but then it's a philosophical question.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Ian Scoones |Angela Serrano
The term 'Global South' has recently gained currency in usage in our global political discourse. The various conflicts we are witnessing, particularly with regard to Palestine and Ukraine, seem to divide the world, most of the times in lines with the 'developed north' and the 'developing South', though not always. This essay is meant to be a brief analysis of the reasons and implications. I would like to cut to the chase quickly and make three points. I would like to make three points.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Ashok Sharma |Krutika Pathi |Ian Scoones |Angela Serrano
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who claimed victory for his alliance in an election seen as a referendum on his decade in power, is a popular but polarizing leader who has presided over a fast-growing economy while advancing Hindu nationalism. Modi, 73, is only the second Indian prime minister to win a third straight term.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Ian Scoones |Angela Serrano
For 15 years, the Awami League-led government has followed a policy of expansionary budgets, each more expansive than the last, as a way to signal the increased ambition and scope of the state and a burgeoning economy. It was a tendency that started with the Mohajote or Grand Alliance's very first budget in 2009, for the 2009-10 fiscal, under then-Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith. It continued through his two stints till 2018, and then under his successor A.H.M. Mustapha Kamal as well.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Ian Scoones |Angela Serrano
The current world is facing various types of natural disasters due to climate change. Problems such as abnormal temperature increases and droughts are having adverse effects on our lives. The negative impact of climate change is gradually leading our green planet towards desertification. The most affected geographical areas due to desertification are Africa (Sahel region), Asia (Gobi Desert and Mongolia), and parts of South America.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Ian Scoones |Angela Serrano
The budget's provision to whiten black money by paying a flat tax of 15% came in for severe criticism again, even though this isn't the first time this has featured in anational budget. Citizens noted the rate is lower than it is for the highest income earners when it comes to income tax (30%). Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) expressed shock and disappointment over the 'unethical' provision that allows for the whitening of black money disguised as undisclosed income.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Ian Scoones |Angela Serrano
Dr Shahidul Alam, eminent Bangladeshi photographer, writer, teacher and activist who received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Arts London (UAL) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of photography and activism, has announced that he is returning the Honorary Doctorate.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Ian Scoones |Angela Serrano
Merchandise exports posted a 16.06 percent year-on-year fall to hit $4.07 billion in May this year, according to data released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB). The May shipment is 23.75 percent below the monthly export target of $5.33 billion, according to the data. Exports in the July-May period grew slightly, as it rose 2.01 percent year-on-year to $51.54 billion. Until April of the current fiscal year, exports grew 3.93 percent year-on-year.
