Nepal to Adjust Calendar for New Constitution
Some foreign embassies questioned the practicality of the move, but a combined statement from European legations acknowledged that Nepal's official Bikram Sambat calendar, used nowhere else in the world, was...
Goats Supplement India’s Livelihood Source
Goats have also proven to be a ready source of cash for buying ornaments or clothes or paying the school fees. And had it not been for goat milk, children in many villages that have benefited from the Goat Trust's work, would never have known the t
Director and News Editor Arrested for Negative Reporting Against The Government
Abdimalik Yusuf, chairman of Shabelle Media, told CPJ the Interior Ministry ordered the media house today to publicly apologize for the report and to sign a letter stating that they would refrain from negative reporting about the government.
Bangladesh Empowers Communities to Take Part in Malaria Control Activities
In order to make full use of existing facilities and bring the private sector into the national programme, the Bangladesh government entered into a partnership with a network of 21 community-based organisations, headed by BRAC, with the overall coor
Taseer’s Assassination Defames Islam
Both women, in their separate spaces, one in Lahore and the other in Canada, are devastated by his assassination. What words of comfort can I offer them? There is a sense of outrage in my heart. Once again Islam has been vandalised and pilloried. Mu
