8 May 2015 Listen / Fishing boats such as these, beached on a strip of coast in Teknaf, Bangladesh, are often used to ferry passengers to larger vessels in the Bay of…
Day: May 8, 2015
Promoting Trade and Investment
Thank you, Paul, for that kind introduction. Mesdames et messieurs les parlementaires, mesdames et messieurs les ambassadeurs… Messieurs les chefs d’entreprise, et les entrepreneurs, tous ceux parmi vous qui aspirent à créer…
Business Highlights (The Washington Times)
May 8, 2015 By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – ___ US economy rebounding with solid if unspectacular job gains WASHINGTON (AP) – Rebounding from a dismal start…
GVL Oil Palm Mill Coming Soon (allAfrica.com)
Golden Veroleum Liberia signed a Letter of Acceptance with Malaysia-based Modipalm Engineering Sdn Bhd for the construction of its Tarjuowon Palm Oil Mill and Greenville Bulking Station. A press release issued by…
Re(Dis) Covering the Afrikan Mind (part 1) [opinion] (allAfrica.com)
Stephen Bantu Biko once wrote that the most potent weapon the oppressor had was the mind of the oppressed. One of the first things the oppressor gets hold of is the mind…
The wealth gap and KL's cash handouts (The Straits Times)
EVERYONE wants to be the bearer of good news. Few have been more eager than Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s government which, over the past six years, launched various “transformation programmes”, all…
Thai cops 'in cahoots with traffickers' (The Straits Times)
Dozens of officers punished amid crackdown on human trafficking BANGKOK – The Thai authorities have begun a crackdown on human trafficking, with more than 50 police officers punished over suspected links to…
Give where Nepal hurts the most (The Straits Times)
Generous aid is pouring into Nepal, but what the country needs are donors and volunteers willing to stay the course of rebuilding and rehabilitation. ON APRIL 28, three days after Nepal was…