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NO POLICY GUIDELINE ON ENERGY SOURCE
Govt. refuses gas to private sector for running power plants
Faruque Ahmed
How the wheels of the industry will run in the summer when the load shedding will be frequent this year with power shortage varying from 500 MW to 800 MW in the peak time?...[ FULL STORY ]
IMPORT FINANCING IS PART OF THE SOLUTION
BB must use reserve to revive the economy
M. Shahidul Islam
The magic wand of the CG is not a magic anymore due to the economic affliction of the nation aggravating by the day. Much of the confidence exuded recently by the BB governor about the economic health of the nation is erroneous, misplaced and based on flawed arithmetic...[ FULL STORY ]
'CONFUSION WOULD DEEPEN FURTHER': POLITICIANS
CG goes ahead with local body polls
Abdur Rahman Khan
Ignoring objection from political parties, the Caretaker Government (CG) is moving ahead with its plan to hold the local government polls before the parliamentary polls...[ FULL STORY ]
DESIRE FOR SEX WITH MORE THAN ONE IS ENDLESS
NY Governor resigns over sex scandal
Moinuddin Naser in New York
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer - who became famous as an investigator of organised crime, financial crime and prostitution --resigned on Wednesday amid a scandal over a $1,000-an-hour prostitute. He told a news conference he could not allow "private failings" to disrupt public work. He is to hand over power on Monday next. Spitzer apologised for not living up to the standards he demanded of others. He had allegedly been identified arranging to meet a prostitute in a Washington hotel. His fall from political grace is being seen as one of the biggest New York has known...[ FULL STORY ]
PARLIAMENT WILL BE UNITED, NOT HUNG
Zardari, Sharif agree to form coalition govt. in Pakistan
Jonaid Iqbal
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz (PML-N), the two winning parties of the February elections created history on Sunday last as they agreed to form a coalition, share power and write a resolution in the National Assembly to restore Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhury as well as 59 other disrobed judges...[ FULL STORY ]
McCAIN SEES ROMNEY AS RUNNING MATE
Democratic primary still at risk
Moinuddin Naser in New York
The Republican nominee John McCain is considering the name of his rival in the party Mitt Romney as the Vice President running mate, while the Democratic Primary is yet to find out a solution to end the game of selecting presidential candidate...[ FULL STORY ]
HR WATCH GROUPS SAY
US has no moral right to criticise others
Fazle Rashid in New York
Some Human Rights (HR) watch groups questioned as to what moral right the US has to identify others as guilty while it itself remains one the worst offenders under President Bush's watch. This reaction came in the wake of US State Department's annual report on Human Rights (HR) released on Tuesday. American Chapter of the Amnesty International wasted no time to chastise the Bush administration saying it is giving lip service to HR around the world while ignoring abuses at home and by it allies around the world...[ FULL STORY ]
GLIMPSES OF THE GREAT
Anwar el-Sadat
K. Z. Islam
Yom Kippur, the "day of atonement," is the holiest, the most sacred day in the Jewish calendar. On that day in October 1973, as leader of the Egyptian nation, Anwar el-Sadat (1918-1981) launched a massive surprise attack on the state of Israel. Thousands of lives were lost, both Egyptian and Israeli. Sadat himself had planned the attack and supervised every detail of its execution...[ FULL STORY ]
UN REP CALLS IT WAR CRIME
Gaza, a stain on world's conscience
Martin Khor
The merciless Israeli air and ground assault on Gaza last week has re-focused world attention on the massive suffering of the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza...[ FULL STORY ]
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