The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) economic corridor is a test case for cooperation between India and China in regional development as well as addressing common challenges.
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850 million more years before oceans boil away
Whilst global warming and increasing pollution have left the words ‘ocean’ and ‘good news’ with very few search results in search engines, a scientist from the University of Toronto has unveiled encouraging data in the journal Nature.
153 slum women get Tk 7.65 lakh grants for small business in Rajshahi
Financial support towards slum households for their small-business promotion could be effective means of freeing the urban poor and extreme poor communities from the vicious cycle of poverty and hunger.
Local knowledge vital for global experts
For quite some time the economic development profession has gone global in a rather grandiose way.
Central African Republic: Sectarian atrocities escalate, says HRW
Christian militias responding to rampant abuses by Muslim armed groups have committed atrocities against Muslim communities in northern Central African Republic, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Police claim teen handcuffed behind back shot himself in head
If the police found a dead body in the back of your car, hands tied behind the back, with a hole in the head, and your defense was that the person shot himself, how do you think they would react?
Openly gay athletes included in US delegation to Sochi
Tennis great Billie Jean King will be one of two openly gay athletes in the U.S. delegation at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Turkey signs historic migration agreement with EU
Turkey signed an agreement with the European Union Monday that allows EU governments to deport illegal immigrants in EU coming from Turkey back to Turkey, according to Reuters.
The war on rich white men
I heard a knock on the door of my hotel room. It was Donald.
Coal in the global energy landscape
An abundant, affordable energy resource, coal provides 30 percent of the world’s energy, 41 percent of the world’s electricity generation and factors into 70 percent of the world’s steel production.
NSA amnesty ‘considered’ if Snowden stops leaking documents
The US National Security Agency is considering offering an amnesty to fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden if he agrees to stop leaking secret documents, an NSA official says.
Stopping diseases between humans and animals
With more than half of all human infections originating in animals, experts say a multi-sectoral, global response to zoonoses – diseases passing between animals and humans – is urgently needed.
Exercise in middle age protects against muscle weakness later in life
A cross-sectional study by investigators from Tokyo University has found that exercising in middle age is a protective factor against sarcopenia and effective in maintaining muscle strength and physical performance.
Iran quits nuclear talks after US sanctions move
Iran has halted fraught nuclear talks with the West, saying that Washington has acted contrary to the spirit of a ‘landmark agreement’ established last month.
New concerns over safety of common anesthetic
Patients receiving the widely used anesthesia drug etomidate for surgery may be at increased risk or mortality and cardiovascular events, according to a study in the December issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society…
Nepal elections: Five things that went wrong
The CA-II election in Nepal was held successfully, gathering many accolades within the country and among the international community as well.
Saudi Grand Mufti says suicide bombers are criminals
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh has condemned suicide bombings as grave crimes, reiterating his stance in strong language.
Daughter takes Kennedy’s peace torch to Japan
Caroline Kennedy was just 20 years old when she accompanied her uncle, the late Senator Edward Kennedy, to Hiroshima, site of the first U.S. bomb attack that killed 140,000 people on August 6, 1945.
Yemen: Drone strike kills 15 civilians attending wedding
Fifteen people who had been heading to a wedding in Yemen have been killed in an air strike. Local media reported that a drone attack had been responsible, and the party-goers had been hit instead of an Al-Qaeda convoy.
Retirement myths that just won’t die
Quick. What comes to mind when you dream about retirement?
Lawyer for ‘Bin Laden doctor’ flees Pakistan
A lawyer for the jailed Pakistani doctor who helped the US track down former al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden has fled the country because of safety fears, a colleague and relatives said.
Iran dismisses Israel’s offer to meet with Rohani
The Iranian foreign ministry has dismissed President Shimon Peres’s offer to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, AFP reported Tuesday.
Gauging Moscow’s active foreign policy
Last month, the Russian government had high level talks with the Japanese, South Korean, Vietnamese, Egyptian and Serb governments, which indicate actual and potential gains, without seeming to lose anything.
Uncivil society – the politicisation of Macedonia’s NGOs
Civil society groups promote the government’s plans and attack its opponents – raising doubts over their independence.
Obama forcibly repatriates two Algerians from Guantánamo
I wrote the following article for the “Close Guantánamo” website, which I established in January 2012 with US attorney Tom Wilner.
India: Not all is lost for Congress
He who rejects change is the architect of decay, said former UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Thai PM dissolves parliament, calls snap election
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved parliament on Monday and called a snap election, but anti-government protest leaders pressed ahead with mass demonstrations seeking to install an unelected body to run the country.
China’s first stealth drone
The test flight of China’s first stealth drone, in November 2013, makes China leap from drones to combat drones.
The road ahead after breakthrough over Iran
Even cynics must admit that the time comes in international relations when long frozen situations suddenly thaw causing positive change for international peace and security.
Economic self-reliance enhances empowerment of rural women
After achieving economic self-reliance, hundreds of distressed rural women have set up a glaring example in empowering them in northern Bangladesh through contributing a lot towards attaining sustainable social uplift.