Civil Surgeon Office has chalked out an elaborate program to make the October 5 National Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign a total success to reduce the risk of child mortality.
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Collaboration, not Sufism, answer to Pakistan’s violence
By Farahnaz Zahidi
We’ll never let Iran get nuclear weapons: Netanyahu
By PanArmenian
Pope outlines less ‘Vatican-centric’ Church
Vatican City – Pope Francis outlined plans for reform of the Church to make it less “Vatican-centric” on Tuesday as he met with top cardinals tasked with helping him overhaul the 2,000-year-old institution.
Two US generals forced out over Afghan failure
The U.S. Marine Corps has forced two generals into retirement, effectively firing them, over a failure to defend a base in Afghanistan from a deadly Taliban attack.
Countering the ideology of hate
The world was rocked by two terrorist attacks over the past week: one in Kenya by Al-Shabaab which gunned down innocent civilians. The other was in Pakistan when the Tehrik-e-Taliban killed more than 91 Pakistani Christians. Both were inspired by…
Remembering the 1973 Arab oil embargo
By Paul Driessen
Shoe thrown at Rohani upon return to Iran
By Al Bawaba News
UN matters for US
By Keshav Prasad Bhattarai Napoleon has said, “In war only the commander-in-chief understands the importance of certain things and only he, through his will and his superior understanding, can vanquish and overcome all his difficulties”.
Obama’s historic talks with Iran’s Rouhani on phone
For the first time in more than 30 years the President of the United States has spoken with Iran’s leadership. Barack Obama announced he believes the two sides can reach a deal regarding the future of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear…
Suu Kyi says polls ‘cannot be fair’ sans revised constitution
Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her party’s founding anniversary Friday with a fresh call to reform the country’s constitution, warning that the general elections in 2015 “cannot be fair” without changes to the army-written charter.
Japan’s Tepco goes for two nuclear restarts for economy
By World Nuclear News
Tatmadaw is the biggest dacoit of Burma
By Kanbawza Win
Rohani tells UN no nation should have nuclear weapons
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has told a UN meeting on nuclear disarmament that no country should have nuclear weapons and called on Israel to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Soviet officer averted 3rd World War 30 years ago
By Ria Novosti
Space fence solution: International collaboration
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan and Rahul Prakash
The politics of India’s communal violence
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
Checking early marriage to protect children from malnutrition, diseases stressed
Speakers at a function here on Wednesday stressed the need for checking early marriage anyhow to protect children from malnutrition and various types of diseases and its complexities.
Will peace gestures in Manipur work?
By Namrata Goswami
Maldives: Hiccups in democratic transition
By Anand Kumar
DECF launches specialised unit for child eye patients
A specialised and full- fledged child-friendly Eye Unit was inaugurated at Deep Eye Care Foundation (DECF) Hospital here on Monday to provide eye treatments to the children of Rangpur region.
Khulna medical services hamstrung by problem-ridden health complexes
People in Khulna are failing to get health services even near their necessity due to the multifarious problems the upazila health complexes in the district are beset with.
Dialogue on “Apnora Kemon Asen” held at Kishoreganj
The Directorate of Woman & Children affairs and Kishoreganj District Administration join the organised a close dialogue on “Apnora Kemon Asen” held at Kishoreganj collectorate conference on Wednesday.
Vodka and whisky conquer Brazilian spirits market
Vodka and whisk(e)y are slowly conquering the hearts of Brazilian drinkers, leading them away from traditional spirits cachaça and brandy, and the trend looks set to continue.
Internet sales tax could crush small businesses
By Ron Paul
Discussion on tuberculosis held in Narayanganj
Discussants at a programme in Narayanganj n Sunday stressed united efforts of all concerned side by side with creating a mass social awareness about prevention and treatment of tuberculosis (TB), a completely curable disease.
Taxing Internet sales
A consortium of states has been working since 2000 to design an agreement to levy sales tax on purchasers of goods bought via the Internet. The Supreme Court declared that it was unconstitutional for states to require sellers not in…
The pilosophy of Pope Francis
By Paul Woodward
‘Arab Spring’ degrades into sectarian counterrevolution
By Nicola Nasser