By Ravi Joshi
Category: Feature
China sentences Bo Xilai to life in prison
By Ria Novosti
Iran will never develop nuclear weapons – Rohani
By Iran Review
Human rights of migrant workers in the Middle East
By Dr Gyan Basnet and Mansoor H. Albalooshi
Countries should protect privacy in digital age, says HRW
Governments around the world should aggressively protect online privacy through stronger laws and policies as pervasive electronic surveillance increases. There is an urgent need to overhaul national surveillance practices to protect everyone’s privacy, or risk severely limiting the potential of…
Pol parties urged to focus on malnutrition
Bangladesh’s nutrition activists raised their voice on Saturday to press for ‘multi-sectoral’ efforts to purge widespread malnutrition.
Enhancing international cyber security
By Senol Yilmaz
ICTJ concerned at retroactive sentencing in ICT trial
The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) has expressed concern over the Bangladesh Supreme Court’s sentencing to death yesterday of Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior leader in Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s 1971…
Service at understaffed Betagi Health Complex far below need
The authorities of Betagi Upazila Health Complex are failing to provide healthcare service even near the necessity of the patients due to an acute crisis of physicians and lack of other logistics.
Internet economy: Opportunity for sustainable growth, employment
By Maroš Šefčovič
Al Qaeda then and now
By Rohan Gunaratna and Aviv Oreg
Election related confusion mounting In Bangladesh
By Nava Thakuria
Fidel Castro: Unforgettable memories
By Fidel Castro
Specific sugar molecule causes growth of cancer cells
The process of glycosylation, where sugar molecules are attached to proteins, has long been of interest to scientists, particularly because certain sugar molecules are present in very high numbers in cancer cells. It now turns out that these sugar molecules…
‘Ensure rights of children, women to realize charter of changes’
Speakers at a fair inaugural ceremony have said the charter of changes can be realised for building a medium income digital Bangladesh through ensuring rights of children and women for their development.
Brazil: “The oil is ours”, but its secrets are the NSA’s
By Fabiana Frayssinet
When the water runs dry, the ideas flow
By John James
Nepal-Maoist’s election dilemma
By Sohan Prasad Sha
Another cold war in offing?
By Arab News
Saudi Arabia top Middle East billionaire list
Saudi Arabia tops the list of Middle East’s billionaires, with 64 highly wealthy individuals possessing $204 billion in 2013, the Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report said.
Syria deal brings fresh attention to Israel’s chemical weapons program
The Wall Street Journal reports: The joint U.S. Russian push to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons is starting to have ripple effects, focusing attention on the suspected arsenal of Israel.
The great sin: Oslo 20 years later
This year marks 20 years since the Oslo accord. 2013, the world has almost seemed to reshape itself this year. Wars and political differences have spun most of the Middle East into what we know and see today. Countries and…
For Hollywood liberals, it’s identity politics Uber Alles
Ed Asner’s explanation for Hollywood’s silence regarding Obama attacking Syria epitomises the absurdity and danger of political correctness and identity politics. Ironically, Hollywood progressives find themselves slaves of their own emotion driven brain-dead loon-icy. Hollywood along with Democrats and the…
Uranium supply and demand in balance for now
World nuclear capacity is set to continue to grow, but the supply of uranium should meet predicted demand for the next few decades according to the latest World Nuclear Association (WNA) report on the nuclear fuel market, released Thursday at…
Human Rights Watch presses for Sri Lanka boycott
Human Rights Watch Friday urged Commonwealth leaders to boycott an upcoming summit in Sri Lanka to protest against the country’s failure to investigate abuses by its military during a decades-long fight against separatists.
Man living in Kuwait for 10 years using fake passport, visa
A man has been living in Kuwait for 10 years with fake identities to hide his original name. Now he is staying in Bangladesh. He can leave the country any day.
Badarganj to become first child marriage free upazila
Badarganj will be the first upazila to become free from the social curses of child marriage and dowry through setting up a unique example in near future.
Chomsky on ‘peace talks’ and the Syria war
Frank Barat: What is the definition of negotiations in Israel-US language and why is the Palestinian Authority playing along? Noam Chomsky: From the U.S. point of view, negotiations are, in effect, a way for Israel to continue its policies of…
An off-the-cuff breakthrough on Syria
By Peter Certo
Russia delivers US its plan for Syrian diplomacy
Russian news agencies report that Moscow has given the United States its plan for securing Syria’s chemical weapons ahead of a meeting Thursday in Geneva between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart.