Climate communication
The ever increasing impacts of climate change have made the world sit up and discuss ways to tackle it. Increased carbon emissions are causing global temperatures to rise, leading to…
Budget 2014-15: Essential tax reforms – II
CHAPTER 3 ASSESSMENT OF INCOME Part 1 - Scope of Assessment of Income 31. The income of any year shall include - (1) in the case of a resident person,…
Remembering Bhola
The writer has taught international relations and diplomacy at Boston University and at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and was the vice chancellor of LUMS. December 16 is…
Philippines relief efforts hampered by devastation
Mariano Taquiam did a quick last-minute check on his heavy equipment pack before boarding a military aircraft bound for an eastern Philippine province devastated by one of the world's strongest-ever…
US expects climate talk progress, cites China cooperation
The United States and China, the two largest emitters of greenhouse gasses, have been at loggerheads for years over any international treaty that would mandate reductions. But the US envoy…
After the moon, India readies budget flight to Mars
Five years after it sent the cheapest-ever mission to the moon, India is set to launch a Mars mission for 80 million dollars, less than half the cost of a…
Inflation challenge
The unabated, uncontrolled, unchecked and ever-rising inflation is making life of the common people miserable with every passing day. It should be cause for concern for those at the helm…
Is KB dam an answer?
Climate change need not be taken cynically by anyone. It has come to stay. Who would have thought that Karachi would have hailstorms and torrential rains? The last time this…
Myanmar’s beans and pulses industry survives changing times
During Myanmar's socialist era, private trade in pulses and beans was dampened by death threats. "State buyers would tell farmers that if they didn't sell them their beans they would…
State of the nation
The mobs venting their anger on Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on Dec 27, 2007, let loose an orgy of riot and mayhem. Many took to the business of violence not only…
