International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 30 August Enforced disappearance has frequently been used as a strategy to spread terror within the society. The feeling of insecurity generated by this practice is not limited to the close relatives of the disappeared, but also affects their communities and society as a whole. Enforced disappearance […]
Gene Wilder is no more. His performances combined sentimentality, comedy and suppressed rage, often veering between idiocy and apoplexy. Gene Wilder died holding hands with his family while listening to Somewhere Over the Rainbow… after Alzheimer’s battle which he kept secret from fans so he wouldn’t upset them. Gene Wilder died aged 83 at […]
Facing a shortage of candidates at home, Chinese airlines are dangling lucrative pay packages at foreigners with cockpit experience. In fact, Chinese airlines are desperate to attract pilots! Are we going to see a wing-drain from India? Unlike India, it seems that aviation is booming in China. The number of airlines has increased to 55 […]
Bangladesh: People from all sections of Bangladeshi society should denounce the use of violence in the name of religion, said Bishop Sebastian Tudu of Dinajpur in a recent seminar. Bangladeshi police organized the seminar, which drew some 8,000 people including leaders from Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Christian communities. Bangladesh is a multi-religious and multi-cultural nation, […]
KATHMANDU – Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda sent one of his trusted lieutenants from the insurgency period as a special envoy to China. He seeks to clear confusion over the future of agreements signed by his predecessor. In a balancing act, officials said Prachanda would send another deputy, Bimelandra Nidhi, a member of the Madhesi […]
KARACHI, Pakistan: It was a macabre sight earlier this week, scores of dead dogs piled up on the streets! Animal activists will probably howl with pain at the sight. The fact is that ‘man’s best friend’ is responsible for 6,500 people being bitten just in one city in the past six months. Officials have poisoned […]
On Wednesday Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Maoist Party chairperson, also known as Prachanda, was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal after K.P. Oli resigned rather than facing defeat in a vote of no-confidence. Speaker Onsari Gharti who declared the results said a total of 573 members out of total 598 (including the speaker) cast […]
Popular by the name of ‘ Jal Purush’, Rajendra Singh in Rajasthan is doing an excellent work on water conservation. He started working in year 1980 to overcome the problem of ghastly drought in Rajasthan. At first he was alone, many people tried to create problems but he kept moving forward towards his goal with strong […]
DHAKA : A US national of Bangladesh origin was among nine suspected Islamist extremists killed in a massive gunfight in Dhaka, police said Wednesday. But Bangladesh continues to deny that ISIS has radicalized its youth. Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Masudur Rahman said that Shahzad Rouf was one of nine young men who were killed during […]
Pakistani media have reported that Pakistan has the second largest number of HIV patients in South Asia. Pakistan has around 94,000 HIV positive patients, the second largest number in South Asia. According to the report of HIV /AIDs Control Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, around 157 children across the province were infected with HIV while Peshawar tops […]
Bangladesh has begun to screen Friday sermons in mosques, in an effort to control the proliferation of extremist ideas in the country. Bangladesh has also blocked ‘Peace TV’, the channel run by Zakir Naik, a preacher who ‘inspired’ extremist Islam radicals. The decision was taken by senior government officials, who have also decided to implement […]
A subdued Pakistan went into national mourning to bid farewell to a man who owned just two sets of clothes. Mr Abdul Sattar Edhi, the founder of Pakistan’s largest welfare organisation, died on Friday last week in Karachi aged 88. Mr Edhi, a sort of Pakistani ‘Mother Teresa’, was revered for setting up maternity wards, […]
