Cities have been drivers of growth since ages be it the Indus Valley or the Greek Civilization. Today also cities continue to fuel growth but are our cities infrastructure-wise sound enough to withstand the pressure on them? Cities are the centers for secondary and tertiary...
The Colombo media reported that Sri Lankan government had removed the wartime fishing restrictions. This had come after a fishermen's meeting organized as part of the government's campaign to boost its image. This meeting was attended by several government officials,...
" China is prepared to assist to develop any sector in Sri Lanka after it has been liberated from terrorism says new Chinese Ambassadress in Sri Lanka Ms.Yang Xiuping. She said time has come to strengthen the...
Nearly 1 year after the deadly Sichuan Wenchuan earthquake, Chengdu, the provincial capital city that functions as the headquarters of the massive reconstruction operations, which was also affected by the...
opinion by CDpanda | 25 wks ago 104 views | 20 recommendations | 2 comments
As elections approach, political parties in India are promising the sky to woo voters. Populism is the flavour of the day. It is not even 'Buy 2 Get 1 free.' It is 'Buy Nothing, Spend Votes, Get Everything free', at least in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The Telugu Desam Party...
opinion by Chaitanya S | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago 620 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Blog& Bloggers: A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. Bloggers will share there views and knowledge with whole world. But now days US Government have make laws for blogger's also. This article will...
created by glenajess | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago 225 views | 29 recommendations | 4 comments
Simon Fraser University not too long ago opened its doors for the Surrey campus. It is a marvel of engineering and all together a beautiful school. It is conveniently located on top of Surrey Central mall and not 5...
opinion by dka26 | 33 wks ago 179 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The controversial Cable Bay Development is still a big issue for locals in the Nanaimo area. City of Nanaimo Council seems bent on agreeing to the developers' requests. The latest was to rezone heavy industrial land adjoining the proposed development to 'resort'...
peter.reardon: on poverty and the fallacy of corporate bailouts: - How useful to have this World Bank report available in support of the poorest in society!The article, by Marina Litvinsky and published by IPS would at first glance seem to be essential reading for...
opinion by peter.reardon | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago 70 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Tax free economic zones are neither new nor are radical. They were proposed by the Fraser Institute 30 years ago by Dr. Herb Grubel Phd (The theory of free economic activity zones . Burnaby, B.C. : Dept. of Economics and Commerce, Simon Fraser University, c1979. 29...
Over the course of the past decade, thousands of natural gas drilling rigs have been erected throughout tthe Piceance Basin of western Colorado causing many small towns in the area to experience booming economic...
Britain's rarest spider - the Ladybird Spider - has been saved from being wiped out forever after a successful conservation program. They were almost wiped out in the early 90s due to loss of habitat and at one...
created by amyjudd | 38 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago 190 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
A new report by Canada's Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development suggest that the Canadian federal government has not got a clue if the amount of money it is spending on green projects are...
created by amyjudd | 39 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago 310 views | 13 recommendations | 8 comments
Banteay Srey is a magnificent jewel of a temple. Finely sculpted, with an incredible richness of details, the pink shades of the sandstone come alive in the early morning and at the end of the day. ...
created by ChrisiMarr | 40 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago 209 views | 33 recommendations | 5 comments