In a move that sparked protests from immigration groups, the British government on Tuesday announced plans to reduce the duration of tourist visas for non-European Union nationals from the current six months to three months, and to impose restrictions on people visiting their relatives in Britain under the “sponsored family” scheme. Families, who sponsor visitors, […]
Walking Shoes and The Consumption
I am walking past the shops on West 4th, enjoying the crisp November air that is snapping from the Hudson. I have become more slumberous, heavier now in the cooler tick – and the more carnal creep toward winter. I can feel it in my knees – weight and age and season – each step […]
Grondona Wants Sport Tribunal
Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Julio Grondona held an emergency meeting with the rest of the board members on Thursday in an effort to begin establishing a board of athletics. This is all a cause of the current crisis striking South American football where European clubs arrive and pillage their youth development programs and take […]
Memon urges media bodies to call-off strike
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Nisar A. Memon Thursday urged the media bodies to call-off their strike as a Confidence Building Measure (CBM) as the government was in touch with all the media organizations to resolve all the media-related issues. "The media was free and its freedom would stay. The government is in […]
BTRC extends int’l telephony licence bid submission deadline
The Bangladesh Tele-communication Regulatory Commission has decided to extend by two weeks the time for the submission of bids for international gateway licence to route overseas calls to and from Bangladesh at the request of interested parties. Officials said the commission had fixed December 4 as the deadline, instead of November 21, to receive applications […]
Global Fund’s latest Zimbabwe snub: Body blow for health efforts
HDN Key Correspondent, Zimbabwe The shock decision this week by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to (GFATM) to reject another request from Zimbabwe for funds deals a critical setback to efforts aimed at addressing major health issues in the country. The Global Fund has now turned down Zimbabwean proposals in five […]