Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Fri, 04/10/2015 - 11:07
Note No. 736 Dated 10-Apr-2015
By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan
Two major issues continued to dominate the political scene in Nepal. First of course is the elusive consensus in drafting the new constitution and the second was the annulling of discretionary powers of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission on Inquiry into enforced Disappearance Act (CIED) by the Supreme Court..
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 04/04/2015 - 07:49
Paper No. 5906 Dated 4-Mar-2015
By Dr. S.Chandrasekharan
Oppressive Government will not last very long: Sheikh Imran Abdulla of Adaalath Party
In another of those predetermined trials, former Defence Minister Nazim was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment “for importing and possessing a fire arm.”
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 04/02/2015 - 07:08
Paper No. 5904 Dated 02-Apr-2015
Guest Column by Prof. Charles Sarvan
This is a difficult document to read. Speaking figuratively, Shakespeare’s Macbeth said that he had eaten too much of horrors. So it is with reading one testimony, one horror, after another: an emotional revulsion sets in; a wish to set a mental distance, if not escape.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Sat, 03/07/2015 - 06:32
Paper No. 5888 Dated 7-Mar-2015
By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan
Latest media reports indicate that Indian Prime Minister Modi will be skipping Maldives in his tour of the island nations in the Indian Ocean. Had his visit taken place earlier in February, it would have had some meaning but now with the Yameen administration intent upon destroying whatever that is left of democracy, it is wiser to skip Maldives. It will be a signal to Yameen that India does not approve the strong arm undemocratic methods of Yameen.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 02/24/2015 - 02:08
Paper No. 5876 Dated 23-Feb-2015
Guest Column by Kazi Anwarul Masud
Perhaps the leaders of the world may wish to look back to the events of a century back that caused the world millions of lives and untold misery of the First World War (Oxford University International History Professor Margaret Macmillan-Rhyme of History).
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 02/19/2015 - 09:18
Paper No. 5873 Dated 19-Feb-2015
Guest Column by Dr. V. Suryanarayan
The recent decision of the Malaysian Federal Court to uphold the judgement of the lower court and punish Anwar Ibrahim in the sodomy case has sent shock waves throughout Malaysia. The judgement has also saddened the upholders of human rights throughout the world.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 01/28/2015 - 04:52
Paper No. 5865 Dated 28-Jan-2015
By Dr. S.Chandrasekharan
The signs are getting stronger- Maldives appears to be moving towards despotism. The latest in the series is the sudden and hurried sacking of the Defence Minister after a raid of his premises by the Police.
What should be worrying is not of President Yameen consolidating his position but the sinister way by which he is going about it by disregarding all constitutional norms.
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