"Bangladesh team has already named their name as a giant killer against all team. And this young team again proves their name after defeating West Indies in the new format of world cup. Bangladesh team increases their defeating list with the new name of West Indies in their...
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"The number of people made homeless by flooding in north-east India and Bangladesh has risen to some 1.5 million, officials say.
India's Assam state is suffering its third wave of floods this year, caused by heavy rains over the past four days.
The army has evacuated 800,000...
created by asterix | 5 years ago 240 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
Students have been exploited by the major political parties. They are the private armies of the civilian politicians: if a party rigs an election, the other party lets its goons loose on the streets, burning vehicles and people. The kids (yes, they are recruited that...
created by Iftekhar | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 325 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The military-backed current government continues to jail academics, former leaders, and impose strict curfews and restrictions on gatherings and speech. Hundreds of officers made a large display as former Prime...
Please forgive me for classifying this one as a travel story but I couldn't resist it. Border guards in India have decided to issue ID cards to cows as a way to combat rustling. Each cow will be issued...
created by ppeggy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 849 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
"About 140 million people, mainly in developing countries, are being poisoned by arsenic in their drinking water, researchers believe.The first signs that arsenic-contaminated water might be
a major health issue emerged in the 1980s, with the documentation of
poisoned...
created by asterix | 5 years ago 218 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
In yet another terrifying episode of politics-by-death, terrorists set off bombs in an amusement park and restaurant. The suffering of those killed, those injured, and those who lost loved ones is, to some, the way to make a political point.The seemingly-endless cycles of...
China invented the technology used by Europe to conquer the world: yet the Chinese could have done the same, but refrained. Here's a pacific society, crucified at the turn of the century by the most aggressive of...
created by Iftekhar | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 551 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
"An indefinite curfew is in force in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, and five other cities, to try to stop violent clashes between police and students.
At least one person died and 100 others were hurt as rioting by students - who want an end to emergency rule - spread across...
created by asterix | 5 years ago 241 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Brave Americans and Canadians are risking their lives for the protection of our families and way of life, God bless them."The Canadian vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the troubled Zhari district of southern...
created by gmony714 | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 372 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
This prophetic article was written in a moment of clairvoyance several years before the military takeover relieved our suffering: yet there was no "inspiration" behind it, but careful reasoning regarding the nature of culture, history, truth and corruption.
created by Iftekhar | 5 years ago 361 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
I have lived to see, first-hand, how an entire society goes mad, and loses all humanity…The personal is the political, and the choices we make in our everyday lives translate into good or evil in the (supposedly distinct) public sphere. Whether misled by ambition, or...
created by Iftekhar | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 371 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
New Delhi (ANTARA News) - When India comes to celebrate a century of
independence it will be as a superpower, a trading giant straddling the
world, just next to China -- according to conventional wisdom.
That may...
created by uusjio | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 463 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Larry Siedentop identifies democracy with Christianity. In so far as he equates civil society with Christianity, he would appear to be right. The conclusion follows that Islam and democracy are totally antithetical - and they are. (This doesn't mean that Muslim...
created by Iftekhar | 5 years ago 389 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments