Middle class should raise voice against famine: Binayak Sen

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Goutam Ghose spoke to Utpal K Banerjee about his latest production Sunya Anko, which spans a host of issues like mining in tribal areas, Maoist conflict and technology Filmmaker Goutam Ghose's latest offering Sunya Anko (Act Zero), is a cinematic ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh—After a factory collapse that left more than 1,100 people dead, manufacturers and workers feared a mass exodus of industry. So last week, as a growing list of European retailers signed onto a safety plan, Bangladeshis breathed ...

India: Only a Comprehensive Food Security Law Can Eradicate Hunger In India, Not This Piecemeal Bill (Hong Kong, May 06, 2013) The Asian Human Rights Commission endorses the following Press Note issued by the Right to Food Campaign. The AHRC urges ...

RMG owners get Tk 100b cash incentive in last 20 yrs Published : Monday, 06 May 2013 RMG owners get Tk 100b cash incentive in last 20 yrs Jasim Khan Economists and trade experts Sunday suggested tagging the government cash incentive with workplace ...

The disaster script has reached a climax. Post-Saradhagate, chit fund big bucks are evaporating. And Tollywood's dream merchants are living through a nightmare Legend has it that the ostrich, when faced with danger, buries its head in the sand and ...

Soni Sori, the tribal school teacher accused of acting as a courier between Essar Steel and the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), and Lingaram Kodopi, activist-journalist trained in Delhi, have been acquitted in one more crucial case by a ...

Soni Sori, the tribal school teacher accused of acting as a courier between Essar Steel and the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), and Lingaram Kodopi, the activist-journalist trained in Delhi, have been acquitted in one more crucial case ...

The national capital Sunday witnessed a rare event as artists and civil society members came together to protest against rising insidents of rapes and to register opposition to death penalty through poetry, discussion and songs. Those present at the ...