Taskforce formed to draft minimum programme
Kathmandu- The ruling parties Sunday formed an eight-member high level task force to draft common minimum programme and code of conduct for the coalition government within three days. Read more....
Youths from Mid, Far-West being recruited in British army, Singapore police
KATHMANDU: The youths of Mid and Far-Western Development Regions are also going to get an opportunity to serve in the British Army and the Singapore Police.
Earlier, the youths of the two regions were deprived of the opportunity. Read more....
China tells US: Stop preaching on human rights
China has told the US to stop preaching on human rights, after the state department's annual report on the issue criticised China. Read more....
Why did LOL infiltrate the language?
The internet slang term "LOL" (laughing out loud) has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, to the mild dismay of language purists. But where did the term originate? And is it really a threat to our lexicon?
"OMG! LOL's in the OED. LMAO!"
If you find the above string of letters utterly unintelligible, you are clearly an internet "noob". Let me start again.
Golly gosh! The popular initialism LOL (laughing out loud) has been inducted into the canon of the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary. Blimey! What is going on?
The OED defines LOL as an interjection "used chiefly in electronic communications... to draw attention to a joke or humorous statement, or to express amusement". Read more ....
AU Leaders to Mediate Libyan Crisis
South African President Jacob Zuma flies to the capital, Tripoli, Sunday, where he will be joined by the presidents of Mauritania, Mali and Leaders from the African Union are headed to Libya in an effort to resolve the political crisis between longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi and rebels attempting to overthrow him. Read more.....
Leading Bahrain activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja arrested
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| Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is one of Bahrain's most prominent human rights activists |
Security forces in Bahrain have arrested and beaten one of the country's leading human rights activists, his daughter says.
The activist, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, was seized in the middle of the night and taken away with his two sons-in-law. Read more...
Egypt: Army crackdown in Cairo's Tahrir Square
Egypt's army has cracked down on protests in Cairo's symbolic Tahrir Square, leaving at least one person dead and dozens injured.The violence occurred overnight as the army tried to clear protesters calling for ex-President Hosni Mubarak and his family to be tried for corruption. Read more....
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