Global Warming is in the news almost everyday – in newspapers and on television news broadcasts – around the world. Extreme weather conditions and climatic changes that are experienced across the globe have indeed become concerns of great proportion. Scientific records, in fact, indicate that the last 15 years have seen the 10 warmest years […]
Hundreds dead in severe Bangladesh cyclone
At least 630 people have died in Bangladesh as a result of severe Cyclone Sidr, official report says. Disaster-management office spokesperson Muhammad Mia confirmed the number of bodies so far recovered. The cyclone roared ashore with winds of more than 250km/h, and the death toll was expected to rise further, with about 1 000 fishermen reported […]
Gateway to rural development
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is not only an integral component of modern civilisation but also a power that helps our dreams come true. Remarkable improvement in ICT has influenced a broad spectrum of human activities and inspired revolutionary changes in socio-economic arena. Many countries have embarked on a new era of economic development by […]
Frankly
I have a principle which, for as long as I can remember, I have applied to my creative writing: I do not refer to any living person by their real name. Oh, I impugn the dead mercilessly and draw any number of coelecanths from the fathoms of my own imagination. But the living … if […]
Cheyenne – a story from the Great Plain -part 2
The Cheyenne Indians are one of the most notable of the western tribes who inhabited the Great Plains, the open country lying west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains. They were famous among early travelers for chastity of their women and the courage of their warriors, in later years, when everything […]
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