Defining child labour Though definitions vary, child labour means work that is done by children under the age of 15 (14 in some developing countries) which restricts or damages a child’s physical, emotional, intellectual, social and/or spiritual growth. Sometimes, work does not harm children. Work may even help them to learn new skills or to […]
Religious Freedom: Can the US Congress be the Policeman
Every year at the demand of the US Congress, the State Department prepare and presents on behalf of the US President an interesting report. It documents the state of religious freedom around the world and of course from a human and civil rights point of view is a critical document since religious freedom is a […]
Population Management, a Taboo in the Philippines
When China started to limit its population with the strictest enforcement the world have ever seen, the Asian giant overturned its poor status to becoming one of fast developing nation whose economy is now rising in double figures annually. In contrast, the Philippines is not bothered by its surging population just because too many groups […]
Effects of Outsourcing IT Positions to Low Cost Countries
BACKGROUND: Off shoring – the transfer of high wage U.S. jobs to lower cost overseas locations especially in Banking Industry is enabled by improved communications technologies and driven by the desire of corporations to establish a business presence in potentially lucrative foreign markets as well as to take advantage of the lower costs of production […]
Telecoms Reform in Bangladesh Would Yield Major Benefits
Bangladesh’s telecommunications regulation needs wide-ranging reforms if the world’s seventh most populous country is to realise the full social and economic benefits that flow from the widespread use of mobile phones, according to a study by economics consultancy CRA International and law firm Gilbert + Tobin for the GSM Association. Among the study’s main recommendations: […]
Serial bomb blasts in Bangladesh
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 […]