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Bangladeshis saddened by attacks on their media people

Faisal Arefin Dipan, owner-publisher of Jagriti Publications, was hacked to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The killing took place in Dhaka’s Shahbag area within hours of an attack on another publisher and blogger, at Lalmatia in the capital city on Saturday…

Bright & beautiful, Bangladesh Association of Hong Kong centre

Bangladesh Association of Hong Kong Dear All, We are pleased to inform you that the renovation of  BAHK premises, 396, Shanghai Street (2nd Floor), Yau Ma Tei has been completed. Our long cherished dream has been fulfilled by the grace of…

Andrea Novotny presents a book about learning for nonviolence

“Preparing the path for the new times, a humanist regard for learning” is a book written by Andrea Novotny, Kity Goyena and Sabrina Di Tomaso which was presented in the Simon Bolivar Andina University on the 28th of October as…

UK Lords defeat the Government on onslaught of the poorest in society

In spite of trying to make sure that all the millionaires sitting in the House of Lords were there to ratify the Conservative bill that would have cut the incomes of some of the poorest 3m people by an average…

Apostolis Fotiadis: Europe speculates on the refugee crisis

Apostolis Fotiadis is a freelance journalist. He has reported on politics since 2005 with an emphasis on European immigration policy and ethnic conflicts in the Balkans. He is an analyst in Greek and foreign media. In early 2015, he published…

Putin shows how a Real President sings it

Surely Obama can do better than this, but he has to sing in Russian. http://language101.com/blog/putin-sings-blueberry-hill/ Maybe a singing contest with a background of bombs falling on Syria and Iraq and Afghanistan, and Yemen, just to add further elements of contradiction…

In Naples, national demonstration against Trident Juncture

A colourful and ironic demonstration marched through the streets of Naples, Italy to protest against NATO’s Trident Juncture military exercises. All photos by Darío Lo Scalzo for Pressenza.

Optimizing the India-Myanmar relationship

Guwahati: A recently concluded India-Burma conference batted for more people to people contact between the two neighboring countries, more precisely, the residents of northeastern India and its adjacent Myanmar localities. The two-day conference titled ‘India-Myanmar Relations: Looking from the Border’ also…

Jammu-Kashmir clashes continue to disrupt daily life

Pakistan Rangers violated the ceasefire on Saturday again with heavy firing and mortar shelling overnight that targeted nine Border Outposts of the Border Security Force and civilians’ areas in Samba district along the international border, leaving a labourer injured. After…

Hong Kong – rich compost from food slops

Mui Wo’s food waste recycling scheme is co-ordinated by Anne Leung, Yin-ling who is the business development division officer of The Hong Kong Outlying Islands Women’s Association (OIWA) at Sunny Centre, on Rural Committee Road in Mui Wo, Lantau Island,…

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