Reuters: The Chinese government’s top diplomat was in Pakistan on Saturday for the first high-level meetings between the neighbors since new Prime Minister Imran Khan took office, the south Asian nation’s foreign office said. Beijing has pledged $57 billion in loans for Pakistan as part of its vast Belt and Road initiative, deepening ties at…
Arab News: India will take control of Chahbahar port in Iran from next month following an agreement between the Iranian Roads and Urban Development Minister Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi and his Indian counterpart on Thursday. “The pact that the ministry has signed with the Iranian government will give us freedom to operate the port independently,” an…
Monaem Sarker, Politician, Columnist & presently Director General, Bangladesh Foundation for Development Research : President Donald Trump’s 20 months in office have aged many Americans at least a multiple of that length of time. This week, two events provided glimpses of White House staffers in panic mode. First there were news reports about Washington Post journalist…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy Director General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy : All over the world, the great cities are in trouble with the problem of how to deal with large urban concentrations. It is a problem which besets not only the advanced countries, but also affects all areas with dense populations and…
The Guardian, UK: Television wildlife film-maker Johnny Kingdom has died at the age of 79 following an accident on his land involving a digger. Kingdom, who specialised in his local area of Exmoor and north Devon and had appeared extensively on the BBC, was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency services in a field…
AP: Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his wife have announced that they are divorcing. Johnson and Marina Wheeler said in a joint statement Friday that they separated “several months ago” after 25 years of marriage and have now decided to divorce. The couple said divorce proceedings are now underway. “As friends we will…
Syeda Manisa Kabir, Employment Specialist, Master in Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto: Often I’m asked this one question, from the international students or new immigrants in Canada, what is this one secret to get a job as a newcomer? And after spending a few years in Toronto, working as an Employment Counsellor…
Arab News: Dozens of journalists staged a protest in Jakarta on Friday in support of two journalists given seven-year jail sentences in Myanmar for disclosing state secrets. Protesters in front of the Myanmar Embassy voiced their anger at the jailing of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo earlier this week. The journalists wore…
Reuters: The Chinese government’s top diplomat was in Pakistan on Saturday for the first high-level meetings between the neighbors since new Prime Minister Imran Khan took office, the south Asian nation’s foreign office said. Beijing has pledged $57 billion in loans for Pakistan as part of its vast Belt and Road initiative, deepening ties at…
Reuters: Tall ships carrying climate change banners sailed into Australia’s Sydney Harbour on Saturday launching a wave of protest across 95 countries organized by New York-based lobby group 350.org. Climate change is of great concern in the Pacific region with Pacific Island nations declaring on Friday that it is their “single greatest threat” and urging…