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.

One in four adults and one in ten children are likely to have a mental health challenged in Bangladesh

Shamsul Basunia

On October 10 has been marked as World Mental Health Day in Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh with befitting manner and festive mood. To help mark the occasion, people of all sorts raising awareness of what can be done to ensure that people with mental health problems can live with dignity. One in four adults and one in ten children are likely to have a mental health challenged that impacts on the lives of tens of millions of people in Bangladesh, and can affect their ability to sustain relationships, work, or just get through the day.

Two foreigners killed in Bangladesh, Australia and South African cricket teams canceled Dhaka tours; diplomats asked to provide security

By Shamsul Basunia
Two foreign nationals one from Italy and other from Japan were mercilessly murdered in Bangladesh within a week at a little span of gap of two days only. The law enforcers seriously failed to protect them and searched out the clue of the killings. These two incidents overnight changed the foreign people’s impression over the positive Bangladesh and they began to curtail their size of populace in Dhaka and outside the capital. All the diplomats residing in Bangladesh got frightened and they immediately demand to the host country’s government to act meaningfully, however the government could not able to find out a satisfactorical solution.