Dhaka, - Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed returned home Thursday, saying she wants to rescue her people from hardship and contest the December parliamentary elections.
Tens of thousands of jubilant supporters gave a grand reception to Hasina, the head of Bangladesh's Awami League party, on her return after five months of medical treatment abroad.
The former premier said on her arrival from Britain that her people were in hardship, and "only an elected government can rescue the nation from the crisis"
Islamabad, Nov 6: The PPP-led federal government in Pakistan has reportedly decided to reinstate all government employees who were recruited between November 1993 and November 1996, i. e. the PPP’s previous regime, but sacked between November 1996 and December 1998, i. e. Nawaz Sharif’s regime.
These employees include those working in the Sui Southern Gas Company.
It's good news for those students who suffered a lot in Mumbai while appearing for Railway Recruitment Board examinations.
The Railway Recruitment Board of Mumbai has decided to hold re-examination for students affected by vandalism of Maharastra Navnirman Samiti activists.
According to sources, re-examination will be held in only two centers of Mumbai. Those two centers had been affected by the anti-social elements who had torn up answer sheets, denying the candidates from taking the examination. The examination in other 19 centers were had a regular exam, said a Railway official.
The board had held the examinations at 145 centers in Mumbai, 136 in Nagpur and 29 centers in Sholapur.
A new study has revealed that pycnogenol, a bark extract from the French maritime pine tree, lessens jet lag in passengers by about 50%.
The two-part study involving a brain CT scan and a scoring system, showed that Pycnogenol lowered symptoms of jet lag such as fatigue, headaches, insomnia and brain edema (swelling) in both healthy individuals and hypertensive patients.
Rawalpindi, Nov 6: Cases of rat-bites are on the rise in Rawalpindi, the city adjoining Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. And, the rats are of sizes as big as cats!
Rat-bite cases were increasing day-by-day in the city due to presence of large size rats in the populated areas, said Dr Mehmood Ahmed of the Benazir Bhutto Hospital.
Punjab Government has refused to allow former Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) chief A P Pandey available for a Central posting. Union Government has sent a letter to Punjab in this regard. But the state govt. is not replying to that one.
"We wrote to the state Govt.on September 11, asking if 1974-batch IPS officer AP Pandey, who stands empanelled as Director-General, could be made available for Central deputation. The letter categorically said the Government's response should reach us by September 16. However, we have still not received any reply," said a senior officer in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).