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Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. en-uk Mon, 22 Nov 2009 23:58:28 +0100 BO Adamson - info@modernghana.com 11/22/2009 11:58:28 PM Bright Owusu - webmaster@modernghana.com All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. 60 By Jahangir Alam Akash Climate change is an important issue in the effort for global peace Average global temperatures and sea levels are changing every day The whole world is worried about the unnatural changes occurring in global climate Next month the United Nations Climate Change Conference one of the most important conferences this year ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250259/1/climate-change-and-bangladesh.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250259/1/climate-change-and-bangladesh.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250259/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 07:13:51 +0100 0 By Jahangir Alam Akash The nation has waited years for the verdict in Bangabondhu murder case But on th November has ended of our disgraceful The Supreme Court on that day upheld a High Court verdict that handed down the death sentence to former army officers in the Bangabandhu murder case sealing the grueling and longdisrupted procee ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250253/1/after-34-years-12-to-be-hanged-for-bangabondhu-mur.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250253/1/after-34-years-12-to-be-hanged-for-bangabondhu-mur.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250253/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 07:13:51 +0100 0 At the United Nations General Assembly in September in New York world leaders gathered to adopt what has now become the millennium declaration The declaration which was among other things to spare no effort to free fellow men women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty to which more than a billion ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250208/1/achieving-mdgs-in-ghana.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250208/1/achieving-mdgs-in-ghana.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250208/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 20:12:33 +0100 0 By Jahangir Alam Akash Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark Recently I went there International human rights organization the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims IRCT and the International Federation for Human Rights FIDH was organized a conference on Preventing terrorism within the fight against terrorism tools for jo ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250054/1/how-i-will-recover-my-dignity-reputation-and-all-o.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250054/1/how-i-will-recover-my-dignity-reputation-and-all-o.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250054/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 09:36:09 +0100 0 Trust me there is no place like Ghana absolutely none whatsoever I have had the opportunity of traveling to almost every continent known on this globe including quasifailed states and stateless nations where the law of the gun reigns supreme and without any doubt I can assert emphatically that there is no place like Ghana We the people of G ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/249169/1/controversy-unlimited-mindset-blues.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/249169/1/controversy-unlimited-mindset-blues.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/249169/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 13 Nov 2009 18:47:13 +0100 0 By Jahangir Alam Akash The internal politics of Bangladesh have been polluted Once upon a time politics was connected with good things like service and benefits for the people But now the situation is that no one can work with politics without money Politics have become criminalized in BangladeshFor around years I have been writing a ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/248732/1/the-culture-of-politics-in-bangladesh.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/248732/1/the-culture-of-politics-in-bangladesh.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/248732/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 11 Nov 2009 20:23:55 +0100 0 By Jahangir lam Akash Another gross incident of minority repression has happened in Natore Bangladesh With the help of the local administration some politically powerful people were involved in this violation against three religious minority families Minorities gain no security from the socalled minority friendly government regime The crim ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/247955/1/minorities-face-attempted-murder-in-bangladesh.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/247955/1/minorities-face-attempted-murder-in-bangladesh.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/247955/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 09 Nov 2009 22:35:17 +0100 0 By Jahangir Alam Akash The US Commission on International Religious Freedom of the US Department of State recently published a report on the human rights situation in Bangladesh This report gave the present government of Bangladesh a stamp of approval for human rights According to the report the human rights situation is getting better esp ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/247954/1/human-rights-situation-in-bangladesh-worsens.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/247954/1/human-rights-situation-in-bangladesh-worsens.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/247954/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 09 Nov 2009 22:35:17 +0100 0 TB Joshua is a con man Bishop Addae Mensah of Ghana saysI know many of you readers recalled having read about an article in many African online media houses that lambasted a top Nigerian christian ministerProphet TBJoshua for being a CON MAN His sin TB Joshua is reported to have spoken to the media and put a video on the internet th ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/247846/1/tbjoshua-is-a-con-man-bishop-addae-mensah-a-case-o.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/247846/1/tbjoshua-is-a-con-man-bishop-addae-mensah-a-case-o.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/247846/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 09 Nov 2009 09:23:00 +0100 0 By Jahangir Alam Akash Militant Islamism is a great threat to global peace Most Asian countries are fertile ground for such militants Peoples happiness has been sabotaged by militant Islamists in Pakistan and Afghanistan Militant Islamists are also very strong in Bangladesh they attacked the Twin Towers in the United States and more recentl ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/247389/1/war-criminals-the-jmb-and-militant-islamists.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/247389/1/war-criminals-the-jmb-and-militant-islamists.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/247389/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 05 Nov 2009 00:06:33 +0100 0 Poverty has always been a part of the world even in the developed world where it is assumed that everyone is well to do some of the people find themselves living on the streets because of poverty The underdeveloped countries which find themselves in all kinds of economic crisis have nothing to write home about on the issue of poverty as many ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/247342/1/poverty-its-effects-and-eradication-in-ghana.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/247342/1/poverty-its-effects-and-eradication-in-ghana.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/247342/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 04 Nov 2009 16:58:25 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/246569/1/petro-policy-under-trial-final-ghanas-energy-secto.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/246569/1/petro-policy-under-trial-final-ghanas-energy-secto.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/246569/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 30 Oct 2009 18:06:58 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/246559/1/controversy-a-pitiful-ghanaian-mentality.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/246559/1/controversy-a-pitiful-ghanaian-mentality.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/246559/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 30 Oct 2009 18:06:58 +0100 0 As a young boy travelling outside the city was always exciting As we drove past the stone quarry next to Achimota School the cacophony of sounds would be noticeably replaced by the beauty and serenity of the countryside Today that countryside has been replaced with a haphazard admixture and pattern of concrete buildings The landscape is now i ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/244663/1/urban-sprawl-a-new-epidemic-in-accra.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/244663/1/urban-sprawl-a-new-epidemic-in-accra.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/244663/1/#showcomments2 Wed, 20 Oct 2009 22:57:49 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/242744/1/bettys-burdensome-burden.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/242744/1/bettys-burdensome-burden.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/242744/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 09 Oct 2009 18:54:52 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/242381/1/parenting-should-be-a-shared-resposibility.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/242381/1/parenting-should-be-a-shared-resposibility.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/242381/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 07 Oct 2009 21:34:02 +0100 0 By Jahangir Alam Akash Bangladesh government has decided that crossfire or extra judicial killings to continue Though this government was committed to stop extra judicial killings in front of the international communityOn rd October another more two persons were killed in extra judicial killings This latest incident of extrajudici ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/242271/1/bangladesh-government-decision-extra-judicial-kill.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/242271/1/bangladesh-government-decision-extra-judicial-kill.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/242271/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 07 Oct 2009 17:02:18 +0100 0 By Jahangir Alam Akash Extra judicial killings is a great human rights violation as well as its violation of the constitution and Universal Declaration of human rights In spite of extra judicial killings is going on in Bangladesh Another one was killed in the name of socalled gunfight by joint forces including RAB on st October at a g ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/242270/1/so-called-crossfire-story-going-on.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/242270/1/so-called-crossfire-story-going-on.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/242270/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 07 Oct 2009 17:02:18 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/242249/1/optimizing-the-value-of-shea-nut-in-poverty-allevi.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/242249/1/optimizing-the-value-of-shea-nut-in-poverty-allevi.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/242249/1/#showcomments2 Wed, 06 Oct 2009 21:02:41 +0100 0 One of the most problematic issues confronting many Ghanaians is how to obtain a decent house at a decent place at an affordable price Housing has therefore been on the agenda for most GhanaiansThe rate of demand for decent houses is far behind that of supply On average the country should be able to provide between and ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/242065/1/housing-delivery-blue-rose-to-play-a-role.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/242065/1/housing-delivery-blue-rose-to-play-a-role.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/242065/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 05 Oct 2009 20:13:21 +0100 0 Ghanaians have been called upon to embrace peace in every facet of human endeavor to make sure that the countrys democracy runs on its course smoothly and successfully The government and the various community leaders and institutions were also called upon to put structures in place to give opportunities to young people as well as the youth to ens ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/241763/1/international-day-of-peace-and-earthdance-2009-cel.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/241763/1/international-day-of-peace-and-earthdance-2009-cel.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/241763/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 02 Oct 2009 10:49:12 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/241637/1/the-savannah-accelerated-development-authority-sad.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/241637/1/the-savannah-accelerated-development-authority-sad.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/241637/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 01 Oct 2009 20:35:48 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/241393/1/govt-and-citizens-attitudes-towards-poverty-allevi.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/241393/1/govt-and-citizens-attitudes-towards-poverty-allevi.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/241393/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 30 Sep 2009 18:03:59 +0100 0 By Jahangir Alam Akash Another persons identified as Foshier Rahman Shanu was killed extra judicially by police in Sundorban Khulna on th September Now stands extra judicially killed peoples totally from January to September in BangladeshPrevious report Extra judicial killings and Awami League governmentBy ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/240833/1/mass-arrest-extra-judicial-killings-and-torture.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/240833/1/mass-arrest-extra-judicial-killings-and-torture.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/240833/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 28 Sep 2009 23:10:48 +0100 0 By Jahangir Alam Akash In Bangladesh most of the political party are using religious in politics Almost whole system turned to the criminalization Islamalization corruption no accountability no responsibility disabled democracy in Bangladesh are burning problems And gross poverty natural disaster climate change education system no good ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/240832/1/islamic-militancy-are-very-strong.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/240832/1/islamic-militancy-are-very-strong.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/240832/1/#showcomments2 Tue, 28 Sep 2009 23:10:48 +0100 0 By Jahangir Alam Akash Bangladesh has failed to introduce credible mechanisms for accountability and performance at all levels of the administration There is a common consensus that very poor governance corruption and nepotism have severely undermined the rule of law including safeguards in the constitution to protect fundamental rights Actual ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/240002/1/waiting-for-peace-and-justice.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/240002/1/waiting-for-peace-and-justice.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/240002/1/#showcomments2 Wed, 22 Sep 2009 22:10:35 +0100 0 Wednesday September th witnessed the announcement of the setting up of Brand Ghana office under the leadership of Mr Mathias Akotia This news of the setting up of Brand Ghana office is long overdue However I should be quick to make it clear that I dont envy Mr Akotia on his new job because a cursory search at all aspects of our life ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/239649/1/re-branding-ghana-gangsters-and-criminals-first-pl.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/239649/1/re-branding-ghana-gangsters-and-criminals-first-pl.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/239649/1/#showcomments2 Mon, 20 Sep 2009 10:17:10 +0100 0 A director of the AdansiSouth district office of the National Commission for Civic Education Mr Willie Klutse has called on the government many nongovernmental organisations and community leaders to promote the use of cultural arts to facilitate peace in the country and to effect social change in our communities This ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/239334/1/kpanlogo-for-peace-festival-use-culture-to-promote.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/239334/1/kpanlogo-for-peace-festival-use-culture-to-promote.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/239334/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 18 Sep 2009 23:52:49 +0100 0 Society keeps on wondering when children be allowed to be like children stop being forced from playing the role of adults and being lawfully addressed as children ought to Day in day out apart from the adult always considered being right whenever there is a problem with a child the child as well has to go through the trauma of injustice The m ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/239022/1/children-and-rights-to-appropriate-justice.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/239022/1/children-and-rights-to-appropriate-justice.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/239022/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 16 Sep 2009 23:48:02 +0100 0 Ghanaians love great stories and sensational news So when the story about some four young men whose desire for massive wealth turned disastrous leading to two of them turning into snakes broke out in Ghana the whole country was turned upside down and many people especially young women and parents went panicky The story which later became k ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/238741/1/the-sakawa-story-that-never-was-nyansaboakwa-speak.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/238741/1/the-sakawa-story-that-never-was-nyansaboakwa-speak.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/238741/1/#showcomments2 Thu, 16 Sep 2009 10:13:26 +0100 0