by Mike Hall The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) was “negligent” when it approved a mining plan that most mine safety experts believe played a major role in the Crandall Canyon coal mine disaster that killed six miners last August, a new report from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Inspector General’s office finds. […]
40 Years After King’s Death, Unions Still Best Route to Better Life for African Americans
by James Parks Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 40 years ago this week in the midst of a campaign to support striking Memphis sanitation workers who were trying to gain better pay and working conditions by joining a union. Now, a new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows that […]
EU: Towards a European Global Online Freedom Act
The European Parliament has passed a proposal (571 in favor, 38 against) to treat Internet censorship by national governments as a trade barrier. The proposal was submitted by European Parliament member (MEP) Jules Maaten of the Dutch conservative VVD party. The adopted Maaten amendment calls on the European Commission, “to specifically deal with all restrictions to the provision of Internet and […]
Career Choices: CSQA versus CSQE
Difference between Certified Software Quality Analyst- CSQA and CSQE-Certified Software Quality Engineer I hope this will help Bangladeshi SQA Professionals, I already talked to QAI for opening a chapter like PMI Chapter in Bangladesh and will update you soon. Many companies are requiring certification for hiring or advancement. There have been over 30,000 IT […]
Bangladesh Government should use the expertise of Professor Payam Akhavan on War Crimes.
We hope that our journalist community will avail this opportunty to talk to this international expert on this very important issue. While Professor Akhavan is in Dhaka, before he leaves town, the best thing would be if the Dhaka Reporters Unity arranges a Meet The Press event dedicated to the War Crimes issue. We […]
Alvaro de Soto
Alvaro de Soto Alvaro de Soto is a Peruvian diplomat who first joined the United Nations staff as a special adviser to then Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar in 1982. He first came to prominence when he headed the negotiations in 1990 and 1991 that ended the civil war in El Salvador. Burma […]