Moscow) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has taken important steps to persuade the Russiangovernment to investigate persistent claims of nonpayment of wages to workers who helped build Olympicvenues and infrastructure. The IOC efforts resulted in government pledges that the…
Category: Green corner
Abuse of Sub-Saharan migrants – Human Rights Watch
Moroccan security forces commonly beat, otherwise abuse, and sometimes steal from sub-Saharan migrants in the northeastern part of the country, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. These abuses persist despite some improvements in the treatment of migrants…
Media advisory
Dr. M. S. Haq I have so far written a number of articles that dealt with inter alia – dissection of relevant editorials, post editorials of newspapers of Bangladesh; and suggestions for remedial measures, as appropriate though, in pertinent areas.…
Thailand’s political crisis: Is it time up for Thaksin?
By Nile Bowie General elections are widely seen as the answer to Thailand’s crippling political impasse, though Yingluck Shinawatra’s embattled government may be removed through either judicial or extra-legal means regardless of her performance at the polls. Protestors calling for…
Bangladeshi drones?
Dr. M. S. Haq A few days ago, an ISPR statement said “Recently, in various universities and colleges of Bangladesh, departmental or personal initiative has been taken in development and research work on different drones or remote controlled light aircraft,”.…
Gene mechanics 46: No black holes?
Dr. M. S. Haq A black hole is believed to be a region of spacetime. The hole is surrounded by event horizons where gravity is very strong. As a result, all light that hits the horizon is absorbed and is…
Coping with terrorism
Dr. M. S. Haq There are several causes of present day terrorism at local, global and other levels. The causes include inter alia and as appropriate: dissatisfactions, deprivations, inequities, inequalities, human rights violations, the right to life violations, paucities of…
Hefty subsidies prop up unsustainable energy system
Washington, DC—Efforts by a variety of organizations to quantify global support for fossil fuels have generated estimates that range from $523 billion to over $1.9 trillion, depending on the calculation and what measures are included. What is clear is that…
Protect Bangladesh
Dr. M. S. Haq “Foreign office denies documents leak” is one of 16 January 2014 front page headlines of one of the popular English dailies of Bangladesh. The leaked documents claim to have revealed matters pertaining to for example possible…
Parliament without real opposition
The country witnessed an unprecedented election in its history and through there is a parliament and a cabinet have already been formed. Who has actually benefitted, the AL, the BNP or the masses of the people of this land? People…
Gender and assets: Closing the gap
by Sara Gustafson Use, control, and ownership of productive assets – land, money, livestock, and education, to name just a few – are essential stepping stones on the path out of poverty. But this pathway can look very different depending…
Activate Bangladeshis for next elections
Dr. M. S. Haq It is not at present very clear, among other things, as to what extent, under what circumstance, when and how current activities of 18 party alliance under BNP and outcomes thereof could inter alia be instrumental…
On India’s reported plans
Dr. M. S. Haq One of the leading English dailies of Bangladesh of today (06 January 2014) – quoting reports from The Indian Express – states India plans to muster international support for Hasina. The country is reportedly planning to…
Elections 2014 in Bangladesh
Dr. M. S. Haq At present, a few of the concerns about Bangladesh are: one, sizes and ramifications of additional losses, as well as damage – in terms of, as appropriate, life, property and other things including economy – that…
A few pieces of advice for India
Dr. M. S. Haq India wants US to take its point on Bangladesh – is one of the front page headlines of an English daily of Bangladesh of today, 31st the headline focuses on, among other things, approach related differences…
Protection for victims of political crises
Dr. M. S. Haq Direct victims of present day political crises in Bangladesh are country Bangladesh and people of Bangladesh. Indirect victims of above crises are world countries and world peoples including those of Bangladesh – against the backdrop of…
Triumphs of Anna Chacha
Dr. M. S. Haq It is good to know the upper and the lower houses of India have now passed the lokpal bill and the champion of above bill Anna Chacha (Mr. Anna Hazare) has broken his latest round of…
Do not invite terrorism to Bangladesh
Dr. M. S. Haq A continuous inflexibility – for quite some time now – on the part of concerned political parties of Bangladesh in matters of upcoming elections has apparently been causes, effects and causalities of harmful hartals after harmful…
The Bangladesh paradox
By William B Milam Bangladesh is in crisis mode again. Every five years, as predictable as its annual monsoon, but not nearly as monotonous, comes the quinqennial political crisis. These occur because the Constitution mandates a general election every five…
Shirin Huq’s tribute to Mandela
As the world mourns the passing of Madiba, I thought I would share with you this beautiful tribute to him. It is a creative work of art consisting of 50 steel rods symbolic of the years in prison.
Climate change meeting in Warsaw: Too little, too late
By Jack A. Smith The sharply increasing scientific indicators of impending disastrous global climate change have failed to motivate the principal developed countries, led by the U.S., to accelerate the lackluster pace of their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Is not justice taking proper care of itself in Bangladesh?
Dr. M. S. Haq Causes, effects and causalities of justice should take its own course through family, society and other locations, as well as destinations at local global and other levels – in pursuits of its goals, objectives and outcomes,…
Record high for global greenhouse gas emissions
New Worldwatch Institute report Washington, D.C.—-The disappointing climate conference in Warsaw, Poland-which was intended to lay the groundwork for a global climate agreement in 2015-stands in sharp contrast to the continued growth in emissions of greenhouse gases. Negotiators and activists…
The role of youths in peace building
-Rakibul Hasan The world consists of silent majority of the young people. The youths are, in every nation, considered as the stockpile of endless power and potentialities that ensure the stability and maintain the structures within their state. So their…
Stop deaths, destructions: Amend the Constitution
Dr. M. S. Haq The cost and the accumulated cost of creation of initial conditions for ‘free, fair, credible and all inclusive elections’ in Bangladesh have been on the rise against the backdrop of things such as hartals. Developments –…
Britain’s Solar Schools cutting energy bills, carbon
Against a backdrop of rising energy prices, schools the length and breadth of Britain are taking control of their energy and generating their own, thanks to 10:10’s successful Solar Schools campaign.
Bangladesh should now be extra alert
Dr. M. S. Haq I recently wrote an article on political reconciliations in Bangladesh. It was published in Bangladesh by the green watch (the online daily), the financial express, and the news today on 22 October 2013, 02 November 2013,…
Remembering Nobel Laureate Albert Camus on his100th birthday
Sarker Shams Bin Sharif Albert Camus, the French existentialist philosopher and one of the most influential writers was born one hundred years ago in French Algeria on November- 7, 1913. His life has been a rebellion as his philosophy was…
Tackling aflatoxins: An overview of challenges and solutions
Laurian Unnevehr and Delia Grace Policy and economic challenges: In addition to the challenge of creating market incentives for reducing aflatoxins, there is also an economic challenge in reducing the costs of control. A wide range of control methods exist,…
Dangers in random terming of terrorism and terrorists
Dr. M. S. Haq In nano, passed big bang and other senses, terms such as terrorism and terrorists could include, at present and as appropriate, activities of peoples, governments, political parties, terrorist organizations, research + development + engineering (RDE) in…