Desperation grows as quake survivors’ wait for aid enters third day

// Shamsul Basunia //

Desperate survivors bracing for a fourth freezing night

 in the rubble of their earthquake-flattened homes

 appealed for aid on Thursday as the Pakistan

government said thousands more houses

 had been damaged than

previously

thought.

Assad’s downfall is imminent

// Shamsul Basunia //

No sitting power lord could able to stay in power using his or her muscle keeping

 aside the popular support of the mass people. Assad governs less than

a third of the country, and has a small army and security

 apparatus. More than 12 million Syrians have

 been displaced, while five million

 have fled the country.

There is nothing left of the elements of a state.

 Assad stays among tombs, as he

 confronts thousands of rebels.

 On the practical level, as

 a ruler he exists only in

 the statements

of his allies.

Pakistan presents documentary evidence of Indian intrusion to US

// Shamsul Basunia //

Pakistan presented to the US copy of three dossiers that

 had been submitted to the United Nations earlier

in connection with Indian intrusion in

 Pakistan, said Pakistan Foreign

Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry

while briefing the media

 in Islamabad.

French firm gets contract In BANGABANDHU SATELLITE CONSTRUCTING PROJECT

// SHAMSUL BASUNIA //

French company Thales Alenia Space

Has been given the job of

Launching Bangladesh's

First satellite as part

of the government's

Efforts to narrow

The digital divide

And create new

Opportunities.

Iran emerges as a new economic Power in the world

// SHAMSUL BASUNIA //

Removal of Iran's sanctions would lead to Iran emerging

 as a far more prosperous country, a

much bigger economy and a

much bigger stabilizing

 factor in the Middle

 East, says an Indian

thinker.