Politics

Protest movements in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, largely led by youth, have toppled three governments in three years. All three movements were similar in their negation of the status quo but also in their lack of a blueprint for the future.
Politics
The overlapping factors behind Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka’s uprisings
By
Anupam Debashis Roy
A youth bulge, economic failures, corruption and the perversion of democratic processes are shared causes behind the protest movements that have toppled governments in Southasia
An art performance of laying down handprints in red paint on a white sheet to remember Black January which remembers journalist killings in Sri Lanka.
Politics
Twenty years later, Tamil broadcaster Relangi Selvarajah’s killers still remain unknown
By
Ramkumar Ravichchandrasarma
Relangi Selvarajah’s killing in 2005 is a reminder of the risks faced by critics of Tamil militancy and the LTTE during Sri Lanka’s civil war – and of the persisting impunity around crimes against jou ...
A man hanging from an ornate gate with a pirate flag hung on it as a white neo-classical building burns in the background.
Politics
Nepal’s staggering journey from Gen Z protests to new government
By
Pranaya Rana
The full chronicle of the week that transformed Nepal, ripping down the old political order and delivering an interim government under Sushila Karki
Drone view of Nepal's parliament building on fire, with anti-corruption Gen Z protests on the streets before the complex.
Politics
Nepal’s horrific reckoning with its failed political class
By
Roman Gautam
After anti-corruption Gen Z protests and a deadly uprising forced the prime minister and government to resign, Nepal searches for a new politics that can jettison its failed establishment
A placard with "Wanted" posters of major Nepali political leaders, including Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, held aloft and amid Nepali national flags at a youth protest in Kathmandu
Politics
Nepal’s K P Oli government has murdered 19 people
By
Pranaya Rana
Police opened fire on Gen Z protests against corruption and a social-media ban, leaving 19 dead in the deadliest day of protest in Nepal’s history
Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, with Ahsan Iqbal, the federal minister for planning and development. Iqbal has said that the current resource-sharing formula between the country’s centre and provinces places an undue financial burden on the federal government.
Politics
Pakistan’s struggle to reshape its fiscal federalism
By
Salman Rafi Sheikh
As Pakistan’s government restarts a debate on resource sharing between the country’s centre and the provinces, concerns emerge on fiscal recentralisation
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