report in Dhaka Tribune, Dec 9, 2023In the streets of the capital’s Agargaon area near Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation building, a daily spectacle unfolds each evening. A group of eight to nine teenagers, aged between 14 and 18, are seen racing around on bikes. Most of these teens are from lower-income families, with some still pursuing education while others have long abandoned their studies. Their high-speed biking antics, which sometimes include lifting the front wheel, coupled…
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by Basant Pratap Singh in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 5, 2023When Bhojraj Pathak reached Triveni Patan in the last week of August to attend the Badimalika fair his heart sank. He saw the stream that flows through the grassland area at an altitude of 3,840 metres above sea level had been dammed. A concrete and cement building was under construction near the stream. A concrete helipad was also being constructed in the lush grassland. Construction…
by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror, Nov 2, 2023China’s Sinopec is to make an initial investment of US$1.5 billion, the single largest foreign direct investment (FDI), in building a refinery in Hambantota once the agreement is finalized within the next two weeks, a top source said. It remained a foregone conclusion in political circles that the company would be awarded the project, though the government says it is open to any company participating in the…
Editorial in The News, Oct 03, 2023One of the most stubborn myths in our political discourse is that the death penalty deters crimes, of any sort, and that it is an effective tool when it comes to building a safer and more just society. Every now and again, especially after there has been some high-profile crime, the admiration of a certain segment of Pakistan for the death penalty and public hangings rears its ugly head.…
report in The Sunday Times, Sept 3, 2023Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan has written to President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressing alarm over the recent unrest over the building of a Buddhist temple at Illuppaikulam in Trincomalee, warning that it could jeopardise planned foreign investments in the region. Mr Sampanthan has informed the President that the building of the temple in a region where he claims 99% of the area residents are Tamil has led…
report in Khaama Press online, Sept 2, 2023The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced its intention to establish a medical facility named after Qasem Soleimani in Kandahar, Afghanistan. According to Iran’s Fars News Agency, quoting Javad Karimi Ghodoosi, a representative of the Iranian Parliament, the country plans to set up a medical facility in the province of Kandahar, named after the former commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The facility…
By Nazir Shinwari in TOLOnews, Aug 28, 2023 at 8:49 PMThere are no buildings for schools in Ajristan district of Ghazni province, where thousands of students must study in tents or disclosed areas. Based on official statistics, around 5,000 students are studying in 13 schools in Ajristan. “We have 13 schools. None of them have a building. They are living in tents and the tents are also not even enough,” said Mohammad Hanif Hanafi, head…
report in www.adaderana.lk, August 27, 2023 at 09:22 pmThe Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith says that if a bridge is to be constructed connecting Sri Lanka and India, a referendum should be held in order to seek the people’s consent for such a move. Joining the Sunday Mass held at the National Basilica Church in Thewatte, Ragama today (Aug 27), Cardinal Ranjith emphasized that it is the rulers who have betrayed the country to…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 25, 2023The government on May 9 registered a bill to amend some Nepal Acts in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to revise 80 Acts—around a third of the country’s total. With the single bill, the government is preparing to amend the Acts related to criminal office, forest use, environment protection, university education—and what not. In case of minor revisions, there is a practice of amending…