Amid the sad, the sordid and the sensational, let us look at some other news. On November 30, Kaavan, dubbed the “loneliest elephant” arrived from Islamabad to Cambodia to start a new life.
The recent back-and-forth debate over the use of face masks to prevent the spread of covid-19 has settled. In the beginning, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that there was no need for people who are well to wear face masks.
No two countries that share borders are more different from each other than Mexico and the United States. The contrast between the quality of life in these two countries could not be starker.
Social media, texting and emailing have revolutionised the way we communicate. These technologies have enabled us to be more efficient and stay in touch more easily. But they have also altered the dynamics of some of our most important relationships.
Most of us have serious reasons to worry about the future of work. The development of automation powered by robotics and Artificial Intelligence has enabled higher productivity, increased efficiency, safety, and convenience. At the same time, these technologies pose difficult questions about the larger impact of automation on jobs and wages. But perhaps we need to pay attention to another aspect of work: how we look at work is changing as well.
Each year, more than one billion people are engaged in volunteering worldwide. Their actions have economic, private and social values. You may wonder how helping others has economic value when no monetary transaction is involved.
On March 20, 2019, the UN Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue with Michael Lynk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the
In the aftermath of the deadly attacks in New Zealand that caused global shock, it is important to explore the broader questions about the ideology behind these acts of terrorism.
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society,” said Mark Twain. In fewer places than Myanmar has the saying held truer where clothed men—uniformed to be more precise—have had all the influence for more than 50 years.
I know a poor man in Faridpur—a proud, successful father now—who sent one of his sons to Malaysia, another to Italy and married off his only daughter to a respectable young man. How did he manage to do all this?
The point of this article is not to throw mud at ministers, most of whom do their best to serve the public. Why should a few be allowed to give a bad name to politicians in general and set a bad example for the citizens?
Sports have long been idealised as a way to heal wounds, mend fences, and rise above differences among cultures and nations. In light of this potential, April 6 has been declared as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace by the UN General Assembly.
How can the attitude of people be changed? Well, Japan did it thorough a productivity movement back in 1955 with three guiding principles: job security and expansion of employment, cooperation of labour and management through joint consultation, and fair distribution of the fruits of productivity.
The Grand Old Party does not know how to stop Trump and it is their fault. Throughout history it's a party that has won elections mostly on anti-government rhetoric.
If we peel back the layers of the most recent crimes such as the killing of children and the disturbing prevalence of violence against women...
German painters are, therefore, more likely to paint death as a man while their Russian counterparts, as a woman.
ALL bets are off - by winning New Hampshire's 2016 Democratic presidential primary, Bernie Sanders has done what was once
One of the most vulnerabl institutions in the world today is the free press and one of the most expendable people are the journalists.
