Archive for January, 2008
Bengal micro credit company honoured by Forbes
KOLKATA: What started as a fledgling organisation five years ago at Konnagar in West Bengal has now bagged the honour
Success that takes society into account
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus founded a bank that has helped 7.5 million beggars and borrowers escape abject poverty in his native Bangladesh.Speaking to about 1800 people this week, he encouraged them to do what they could to change the world by using business techniques to solve everything from poverty to pollution. “We can […]
Police record complaint against Ershad ‘henchmen’
The police Thursday recorded a complaint from a journalist that supporters of former president HM Ershad had “confined” him in his house for three hours. Journalist Masud Kamal filed a general diary with Gulshan Police Station. Bidisha, estranged wife of Ershad, alleged that Kamal had been taken away from in front of her
Pakistan blocks anti-establishment blogs
Two weeks after the Pakistan government passed a new law with tough punishment for cyber crimes, hundreds of anti-establishment blogs have been blocked, bloggers said. Access to blogspot.com, a hosting domain that contains hundreds of blogs by Pakistani students and activists opposing President Pervez Musharraf’s rule and championing causes like the reinstatement of deposed judges, […]
Second SAARC youth camp brings over 60 delegates from South Asia to Chennai
Chennai: The second ever youth camp of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) brought over 60 delegates from across south Asia to Chennai on Saturday at the start of the five-day summit hosted by India. The SAARC youth meet, launched as mandated by the resolutions adopted at the 14th SAARC summit in April […]
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