Dhaka, May 01, 2007: Once again Bangladesh faced serial bomb blast. A series of bombs went off at Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong railway stations Tuesday morning, spreading panic among commuters. A rickshaw puller was injured in the Chittagong blast. All the bombs exploded between 6:45am and 9:30am. The attack claimed by a group opposed to […]
Picking the wrong leader in Iraq
If there is anyone to blame for the worsening sectarian violence in Iraq, it should be Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who appointed Nouri Jawad Al-Maliki as the country’s Prime Minister after Saddam Hussein was toppled a few years back. It comes as a surprise that the Iraqi Parliament has picked someone from Kurdistan Province, […]
Free trade puts millions of American jobs at risk
Despite its robust economy, the United States is poised to feel the labor crunch as manifested by the recent job cuts imposed by big corporations just to keep their sagging operations afloat in keeping with their remaining resources. Independent economists have predicted that the problem will be exacerbated further by the emergence of globalization which […]
Peace remains elusive in Somalia
By Zachary Ochieng Despite the relocation of the embattled Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG)—formed in exile in Nairobi in December 2004— to the capital, Mogadishu, last month, peace still remains elusive. According to the United Nations, more than 50,000 people have fled Mogadishu in the past two weeks. A renewed fighting in the city has […]
Beauty Is In The Eyes Of The Beholder
Beauty is in the mind of the beholder. Studies show that attractive people benefit from more advantages than unattractive people. For instance, we know newborn born babies respond better to attractive faces, or at least faces that are pleasant looking. For example, people use the common expressions, “pleasant to the eye” or “easy on the […]
PDP celebrates demilitarization move as Hindus get killed
Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India Mar 30-While the Peoples Democratic Party has called for celebrations over the Union government’s decision to refer the demand for demilitarisation to a committee of experts, the killing of 5 hindu labourers has sent chill down the spine of Hindus living in the militancy affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir. […]