Helping the kids

Helping the kids

In Bangladesh, new surveys show the devastating impact of school closures. Countries around the world are facing similar situations. Holistic policy responses are needed to get students back in school and back on track.

In Bangladesh, new surveys show the devastating impact of school closures. Countries around the world are facing similar situations. Holistic policy responses are needed to get students back in school and back on track.

Blogs 07 Mar, 2022

Walking down memory lane

Walking down memory lane

People say that hindsight bias affects our memory of the past. We often tend to romanticise past events and paint pictures rosier than they actually were.

People say that hindsight bias affects our memory of the past. We often tend to romanticise past events and paint pictures rosier than they actually were.

Blogs 07 Mar, 2022

India-Bangladesh dialogue

India-Bangladesh dialogue

Bangladesh-India Friendship Dialogue is a forum for bringing together key stakeholders, including think tanks and civil society in both countries, to discuss relevant issues.

Bangladesh-India Friendship Dialogue is a forum for bringing together key stakeholders, including think tanks and civil society in both countries, to discuss relevant issues.

Blogs 03 Mar, 2022

Job losses

Job losses

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as massive shutdowns began, some observers predicted that the risk of job loss depended on factors such as an occupation’s amenability to working remotely, or contractions in aggregate demand and downturns in contact-intensive sectors like restaurants and travel.

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as massive shutdowns began, some observers predicted that the risk of job loss depended on factors such as an occupation’s amenability to working remotely, or contractions in aggregate demand and downturns in contact-intensive sectors like restaurants and travel.

Blogs 02 Mar, 2022

Mother's mental health

Mother's mental health

Depression is said to affect10 out of every 100 women during pregnancy and 13 out of every 100 women after childbirth.

Depression is said to affect10 out of every 100 women during pregnancy and 13 out of every 100 women after childbirth.

Blogs 02 Mar, 2022

STEM education

STEM education

STEM – an integrated approach to teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – promotes the learning of the 21st century skills and provides developing countries with the tools they need to improve people’s lives.

STEM – an integrated approach to teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – promotes the learning of the 21st century skills and provides developing countries with the tools they need to improve people’s lives.

Blogs 02 Mar, 2022

Vary your reads

Vary your reads

Your reading bent says a lot about you – whether you are a conservative or a liberal, whether you support feminist and social movements, or if you believe in LGBTQ rights.

Your reading bent says a lot about you – whether you are a conservative or a liberal, whether you support feminist and social movements, or if you believe in LGBTQ rights.

Blogs 01 Mar, 2022

Addressing fragility

Addressing fragility

The outlook for people in developing countries remains grim.

The outlook for people in developing countries remains grim.

Blogs 28 Feb, 2022

Test drive

Test drive

Many years ago, the dealers of reconditioned vehicles would encourage buyers to go for a test drive before finalising a purchase. There were many variants of dealers of all backgrounds, including taxi owners-cum-drivers, tourist car hire entrepreneurs and their drivers, and even hoteliers and travel traders. For others, dealing in vehicles was as distant as dealing in choppers. The honest dealers, who feared the buyers, went by the unwritten code: test drive first.

Many years ago, the dealers of reconditioned vehicles would encourage buyers to go for a test drive before finalising a purchase. There were many variants of dealers of all backgrounds, including taxi owners-cum-drivers, tourist car hire entrepreneurs and their drivers, and even hoteliers and travel traders. For others, dealing in vehicles was as distant as dealing in choppers. The honest dealers, who feared the buyers, went by the unwritten code: test drive first.

Blogs 28 Feb, 2022

Pashupati bids farewell to sadhus

Pashupati bids farewell to sadhus

The Pashupati Guthi and Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) bid farewell to about 3,000 sages, who had arrived from India and other parts of the world for Mahashivaratri, amid a function on the Pashupatinath temple premises today.

The Pashupati Guthi and Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) bid farewell to about 3,000 sages, who had arrived from India and other parts of the world for Mahashivaratri, amid a function on the Pashupatinath temple premises today.

Blogs 24 Feb, 2022

How much is too much?

How much is too much?

Yesterday was an apocalypse! I was with my dad on the way home when we got occluded by the fences of the police on the road. A 3 pm Baneshwor road, whose normal would have been a bustling turnout, yesterday was a lunacy filled with chaos.

Yesterday was an apocalypse! I was with my dad on the way home when we got occluded by the fences of the police on the road. A 3 pm Baneshwor road, whose normal would have been a bustling turnout, yesterday was a lunacy filled with chaos.

Blogs 24 Feb, 2022

Fodder for the dry season

Fodder for the dry season

Facing disappearing grazing lands during the parched summers, livestock farmers in Matabeleland North, a province in western Zimbabwe, are cultivating cattle-feed crops to keep their animals alive.

Facing disappearing grazing lands during the parched summers, livestock farmers in Matabeleland North, a province in western Zimbabwe, are cultivating cattle-feed crops to keep their animals alive.

Blogs 23 Feb, 2022

UAE shatter Nepal's World Cup hopes

UAE shatter Nepal's World Cup hopes

Nepal’s dreams of playing in the ICC T20 World Cup for the second time were shattered when they faced a 68-run defeat at the hands of the United Arab Emirates in the semi-final match of the Global Qualifiers at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Muscat today.

Nepal’s dreams of playing in the ICC T20 World Cup for the second time were shattered when they faced a 68-run defeat at the hands of the United Arab Emirates in the semi-final match of the Global Qualifiers at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Muscat today.

Blogs 23 Feb, 2022

Learning poverty

Learning poverty

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has the largest gender gap in learning poverty among regions with available data.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has the largest gender gap in learning poverty among regions with available data.

Blogs 21 Feb, 2022

Electric car

Electric car

Many countries have set a deadline for a complete ban on traditional autos, some as early as 2030.

Many countries have set a deadline for a complete ban on traditional autos, some as early as 2030.

Blogs 21 Feb, 2022

Time is money

Time is money

Valuing people’s time is a key challenge in a lot of applied micro development work. Farmers, micro-entrepreneurs, informal traders and caregivers, all work on their own account, without a pay slip.

Valuing people’s time is a key challenge in a lot of applied micro development work. Farmers, micro-entrepreneurs, informal traders and caregivers, all work on their own account, without a pay slip.

Blogs 18 Feb, 2022

Preventing teenage pregnancies

Preventing teenage pregnancies

According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), between 2016 and 2020 more than half a million Ghanaian girls aged 10 to 19 years became pregnant.

According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), between 2016 and 2020 more than half a million Ghanaian girls aged 10 to 19 years became pregnant.

Blogs 18 Feb, 2022

Managing road disasters

Managing road disasters

Nepal lies in an environmentally hazardous region, largely due to its rugged terrain, steep and young mountains.

Nepal lies in an environmentally hazardous region, largely due to its rugged terrain, steep and young mountains.

Blogs 17 Feb, 2022

For greener future

For greener future

Five-year plans have been instrumental in the socioeconomic transformation of China.

Five-year plans have been instrumental in the socioeconomic transformation of China.

Blogs 16 Feb, 2022

Archaeological garden

Archaeological garden

The federal democratic republic of Nepal is the land of mythical stories. We read stories about one man with a supernatural power who would carry water in a bamboo basket with large holes. His wife would cook food using her legs as firewood.

The federal democratic republic of Nepal is the land of mythical stories. We read stories about one man with a supernatural power who would carry water in a bamboo basket with large holes. His wife would cook food using her legs as firewood.

Blogs 16 Feb, 2022