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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 11 No. 294               

Kuwait

President Dr Yadav accorded grand welcome in Kuwait

Kosh R. Koirala - Reporting From Nepal

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav reached Kuwait Friday at the invitation of his Kuwaiti counterpart Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Sri Lanka – Kuwait Relations To Be Strengthened In Trade, Tourism And Employment


Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, had a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 9th Asia Co-operation Dialogue in Tehran, with Dr. Mohammad Sabah Alsalem Alsabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait.

‘Sponsorship’ Word Doesn’t Exist

S.H.Moulana - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The State of Kuwait is keen on safeguarding rights of the expatriate labor and granting the foreign workers their full rights, a ranking official re-affirmed on Thursday.

Kuwait Moves To Calm Sunni – Shia Tension : Al-Khorafi Warns On Death Threats To MPs

S.H.Moulana - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Speaker of Kuwaiti Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi confirmed on Tuesday that the government is serious about taking stringent legal measures to stop any further disorder in the country as death threats have even been sent to certain MPs.

Kuwait running out of water: Desalination capabilities not keeping up with consumption

S.H.Moulana Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Kuwaitis are consuming almost more water than the country can produce.
An estimated 1.5 million cubic meters of water was being consumed daily in Kuwait, dangerously close to country’s maximum production capacity, the business news site Arabian Business reported.

All working Kuwaitis should get KD 50’

S.H.Moulana Riyadh Saudi Arabia

The Islamist MPs will submit a proposal to amend a decision on granting KD 50( US $ 160) increment to Kuwaiti employees with a salary of less than KD 1,000 to give the increment to all national workers regardless of their current salary at the beginning of the next legislative round, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily quoting reliable sources.

Work ongoing to push single constituency proposal

S.H.Moulana - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Several MPs are reportedly planning to submit parliamentary requests that the National Assembly's legislative and legal committee give its approval to draft legislation proposing the abolition of Kuwait's current five-constituency system, with the existing constituencies to be merged into one.

First day of Eid on Friday: Ujairi Ramadan 30 days

S.H.Moulana Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Renowned Kuwaiti astronomer Dr Saleh Al-Ujairi has declared that Friday, Sept 10, 2010 will be the first day of Eid Al-Fitr, indicating this Ramadan will be of 30 days, according to the astronomical evidence available, reports Al-Anba daily.

Steps to improve Kuwait human rights record

S.H.Moulana - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has issued a number of recommendations which it suggests would help solve the persistent problems in Kuwait's human rights record.

Egyptian Stabs Filipina Wife 31 Times To Death: Suspect Flees

S.H.Moulana: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

In what seemed to be a scene from a Hollywood movie, an Egyptian man reportedly entered a women’s salon in Jabriya Saturday and stabbed his wife — a Filipina employee at the salon — 31 times in front of her shocked and spellbound colleagues and clients.

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