Pakistan has given them bases and logistic support as well as intelligence sharing but what the US is now demanding from Islamabad has shocked the Defence and Foreign Ministries and the initial reaction has been a rejection of what are highly intrusive demands for the US military and auxiliary personnel in Pakistan. This scribe has […]
Globalization and Bangladesh
According to Oxford Dictionary “Globalization is the fact that different cultures and economic systems around the world are becoming connected and similar to each other because, of the influence of large multinational companies and of improved communication”. According to Wikipedia (an web encyclopedia) Globalization refers to increasing global connectivity, integration and interdependence in the […]
Monopolyland: the Fragile Virtual World of Big Business
It’s one thing to suggest that Corporate True Believers are disinclined to live in the real world with the rest of us — but quite another to get such folks to at long last admit that everyone, but everyone, around them is the enemy by Donald Croft Brickner So — we’re not economists. […]
Smoking Could Kill 1bn in Century, Who Warns
Tobacco could kill 1 billion people in the 21st century unless governments act now to dramatically reduce smoking, the World Health Organization said today. The UN agency said no country in the world was doing all it could to curb tobacco use, which it estimates will kill 500 million people who are alive today. It […]
OPEC controls world economy
Would you believe that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) controls the world’s economy? And that nobody, even the technologically advanced nations like the United States, can impose its will on these oil-producing countries. A case in point is Venezuela, an OPEC member and one of the biggest oil producers in South America. In […]
The Church in India and Health Care: Staying Relevant
The church and the Christian community in India have always been justly conscious and proud of its involvement in two sectors historically- education and health care. This involvement has been an interesting one and from a time where the church run health care meant charity and charitable institutions, today many church run institutions are involved […]
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