Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy Director General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy : The present institutional format of trading system of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was created on 1 January 1995 which replaced by the GATT under which trade rules had been developing from 1948 to meet the evolving needs of participating countries…
MEMO: An institution providing services for Palestinians with cerebral palsy in the occupied Gaza Strip sustained serious damage in an Israeli air strike in July and has been forced to temporarily relocate until repairs are made, reported UN OCHA. On 14 July, the Israeli air force struck and partially destroyed a building in Gaza City,…
News 24: With the Catholic Church in crisis once again over clerical sex abuse and cover-up, Pope Francis will meet on Thursday with US cardinals and bishops who are demanding to know how one of their own was able to climb the clerical ranks despite allegations that he slept with seminarians. The Vatican said on…
Reuters: China has banned the transport of live hogs from 10 regions bordering the six provinces that have reported African swine fever outbreaks in recent weeks, which should tighten supplies and roil prices in the world’s top pork consumer. Live markets will also be shut in the regions, according to a notice by the Ministry…
Sumaiya Sarwat, Research Assistant, BILIA : The concepts of equality and equity are often misunderstood in our country by the common population. Especially in our day to day life, whenever there arises any question as to opportunity the concept of equality is used as a mode of causing injustice. If we draw some simple examples…
Reuters: Conditions in Libya are too unstable to hold elections, Prime Minister Fayez Seraj was cited as saying on Wednesday, casting doubts on a French-led push for a vote in December which aims to end years of turmoil and unify the North African country. French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a conference in May where rival…
CNN: Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has told women in the East African nation to stop taking birth control pills because the country needs more people, according to local media reports. “Women can now give up contraceptive methods,” Magufuli said. “Those going for family planning are lazy … they are afraid they will not be able…
Hossen Sohel: Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter have been temporarily released on parole for the funeral of his wife, government and party sources said yesterday, reports AFP. Kulsoom Nawaz died of cancer in London on Tuesday, two months after her husband and daughter returned to Pakistan and was immediately jailed…
AFP: Highways clo-gged with people fleeing North and South Carolina early Wednesday as monstrous Category 4 Hurricane Florence rumbled toward the eastern US as the biggest storm there in decades. While many coastal residents heeded mandatory evacuation orders, others boarded up homes and businesses and chose to brave the storm, which is forecast to trigger…
Desk Report: In 2007 the United Nations General Assembly resolved to observe 15 September as the International Day of Democracy—with the purpose of promoting and upholding the principles of democracy—and invited all member states and organizations to commemorate the day in an appropriate manner that contributes to raising public awareness. This year’s International Day of…