Skip to Content

Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 12 No. 390


Latest Stories

Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 06:52
President Mahinda Rajapaksa who was on a four-day official visit to Uganda returned to Sri Lanka yesterday morning. Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa commenced his four-day official visit to Uganda - the East Central African country, on May 11th afternoon. This was President Rajapaksa’s second official visit to Uganda. The last visit was to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government.....Read More...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 03:52
Rahul Kumar Dwivedi - CNS
When there are evidence-based methods to control asthma effectively, then why is the disease burden growing over the past 30 years, particularly in the low- and middle- income countries? This fact is stated clearly in the Global Asthma Report 2011 published by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (.....Read More...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 03:44
By Kanbawza Win
America’s new Burma policy adopted by the Obama administration, a combination of increasing engagement and maintaining economic sanctions, was the prime mover in urging Thein Sein to introduce reforms after more than half a century of repressive military rule, when he became an elected head of state in 2011 November. Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Burma, a step in his.....Read More...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 03:33
The United States on Thursday blacklisted the leader of the militant Al-Nusra Front fighting the Syrian regime, as well as four top Syrian government officials, including the defense minister. Al-Nusra's chief Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani was designated a global terrorist by the US State Department, which said he had been tasked by Al-Qaeda in Iraqwith installing Islamic sharia law across Syria. Al-.....Read More...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 03:21
17 May is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, popularly known as IDAHO. The date of 17 May was specifically chosen to commemorate the World Health Organisation’s decision in 1990 to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder. IDAHO draws the attention of policymakers, opinion leaders, social movements, the public and the media to this issue. The British High Commission.....Read More...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 03:08
Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service - CNS
Pratima refused to finalize the marriage of her son till her husband agreed to construct a toilet in their house located in a Kanpur slum. She did not want her daughter-in-law to suffer the same fate of open defecation as she did. Sushma raised the banner of women’s education, persuading her illiterate slum neighbours to send their daughters to college. Against all odds, Urmila and her team.....Read More...
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 11:50
A Handbook on the India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement was released on 15 May 2013 by Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister for Industry and Commerce, Government of Sri Lanka and Ashok K. Kantha, High Commissioner of India. The handbook was brought out by the High Commission of India in collaboration with the Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka. Mr. Anura Sirwardena, Secretary, Ministry of.....Read More...
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 07:39
By - Zin Linn
Actually, it is too early to start election campaign for Burma's next general elections which are two-year time away from now. But, Major parties like Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) and National League for Democracy (NLD) have now brought to light 2015 elections in order to gain enough seats in coming parliament. Ahead of the next polls, the first thing that comes up is the question.....Read More...
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 07:26
President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni declared open a Trade Exhibition. The exhibition which was declared open on the evening of May 14, took place on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Local Government Conference 2013 in Kampala, Uganda contained an array of products from Uganda and other East African nations. Minister of External Affairs Prof. G. L. Peiris,.....Read More...
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 07:06
By Oken Jeet Sandham
The Stella Higher Secondary School (SHSS), Kohima has got another feather in its cap after the work of creative illustrations by their students on the basis of the folklores of Nagaland was published by famed Delhi based Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). Last year under the banner of INTACK and Adivasi Arts Trust, a Workshop on Illustrations on the folklores of.....Read More...
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 06:55
By S.H.Moulana - Riyadh
Do we ever see that United States, Russia and Iran unite to fight a cause; anyway, this time they found something common to all three nations. Last week some tougher characters of these three nations exchanged a stream of compliments against the backdrop of their three flags. They are all fighting to save wrestling being dropped as one of the Olympic 26 core sports, in 2020 games – a host city.....Read More...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 09:41
Cooperative movement in the North at present is in the right footing, revealed Mr. G.A.Chandrasri, Governor of the Northern Province. Governor Chandrasri said three and a half years ago, when he took over as the Governor of the Northern Province, majority of the primary cooperative societies were running at huge loss. He said that he took personal interest in the affairs of all the.....Read More...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 07:22
By Oken Jeet Sandham
Pranab Mukherjee, the 13th President of India, is one of the known political faces in this country. He is widely considered among the political circles as the “Trouble Shooter” of the Congress Party. Whenever there were any political crises or Government crises either within the Congress Party or the Congress-led UPA Governments, he was always the answer. There was hardly any who did not have.....Read More...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 02:21
Berlin, 16 May, (Asiantribune.com):
The Hanover Lions District III NH, which consists of 84 clubs, is funding the PICU-development project in Galle in the South of Sri Lanka, where severe damages had been experienced during the Tsunami disaster on 26th December 2004. The Ambassador Mr. Sarrath Kongahage had a cordial meeting with the Project Directors of the PICU Foundation, Prof. Wolt Dieter Gogoll and Mr. Hartmuth Schulz of the.....Read More...
.