The Dalai Lama has reached out to monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, imploring them to end recent violence towards Muslims in their countries.
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Sunshine, freedom and a little flower
Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma
The Washington Post Co. earnings decline
DHAKA: The Washington Post Co. reported an 85 percent drop in earnings, though profits from continuing operations fell by 55 percent while revenue inched up slightly.
First solar plane on cross-country US trip
The first-ever manned airplane that can fly by day or night on the sun’s power alone soared over the western United States late Friday on the first leg of cross-country journey.
Helping to battle child slavery
Susan Scaffidi Contributing writer
The nightmare story Of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
By Judy Bello
Passenger spaceship completes rocket test flight
A six-passenger spaceship owned by an offshoot of Virgin Group fired its rocket engine in flight for the first time on Monday, a key step toward the start of commercial service in about a year, Virgin owner Richard Branson said.
IT parks to be set up in country’s 7 cities
Information and Communication Technology Ministry has taken long term initiatives improving quality and infrastructural development of ICT sector of the country.
In praise of bad guys
Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma
Air France fined for forcing passenger off flight
A French court has found Air France guilty of discrimination for removing a pro-Palestinian activist from a flight to Israel because she was not Jewish.
Time to end the adult war on children
By Robert J. Burrowes
Argentine Bergoglio picked, will be Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — With a puff of white smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and to the cheers of thousands of rain-soaked faithful, a gathering of Catholic cardinals picked a new pope from among their midst on Wednesday…
The impossible job: God’s CEO on Earth
For several days after being elected in 2005, Pope Benedict – as he chose to be called – spoke as if in shock. At his first public Mass, he asked: “I must assume this enormous task, which truly exceeds all…
Okawa named world’s oldest woman
A 114-year-old Japanese woman, the daughter of a kimono maker, has been recognised as the world’s oldest woman.
How to deal with jealousy
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag have dominated Celebrity Big Brother talk this week and proven to be must-see viewing.
How excess holiday eating disturbs your ‘Food Clock’
Jason Bardi If the sinful excess of holiday eating sends your system into butter-slathered, brandy-soaked overload, you are not alone: People who are jet-lagged, people who work graveyard shifts and plain-old late-night snackers know just how you feel.
Bangladesh ‘far ahead’ of India : Amartya
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen says Bangladesh has overtaken India in “every parameter of human development”.
2012 one of `bloodiest years’ for journalists
BRUSSELS – A heavy death toll in war zones such as Syria and Somalia made 2012 one of the bloodiest years for journalists, with 121 killed, an international journalists’ group said on Monday.
Prehistoric lizard named Obamadon
Reuters Researchers have named a newly discovered, prehistoric lizard “Obamadon gracilis” in honour of the 44th president’s toothy grin.