Journalism of Courage
Mandela showing great resilience,remains critical
JOHANNESBURG: Former South African President Nelson Mandela,who has been in hospital since early June with a lung infection,is showing great resilience although he remains in a critical but stable condition,the presidency said Saturday. While at times,his condition becomes unstable,the doctors indicate that the former president has demonstrated great resilience and his condition tends to stabilise as a result of medical interventions, it said in its latest update on the condition of the 95-year-old anti-apartheid hero. PTI
Egypt shortens curfew after lull in unrest
CAIRO: Egypts government has shortened a widely-imposed evening curfew by two hours starting Saturday,responding to citizens demands as unrest in the country wanes. The cabinet said the evening curfew would begin at 9 pm rather than 7 pm. The statement said an exception to the shorter hours will be in effect on Fridays. AP
Bdesh buys defence hardware worth $2 bn
Dhaka: Bangladesh has procured defence hardware worth Taka 15,000 crore ($2 billion) in the past four-and-half years as part of its initiatives to modernise its armed forces,according to a media report Saturday. Prothom Alo newspaper quoting an unidentified source in the defence ministry said the highest
Tk 4,975.5 crore was spent for navy,followed by Tk 5,407 for army and Tk 4,722 for air force. PTI
Guardian teams up with NYT over spy files
London: Britains Guardian newspaper,behind the recent revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden,has partnered with the USs New York Times for more coverage over
the surveillance expose. The US newspaper will be given access to some of the sensitive cache of documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Snowden in an attempt to counter demands from the UK government to hand over files on British spy agency GCHQ,which the Guardian had in its possession. PTI
Giant panda gives birth in Washington,
washington: A giant panda gave birth to a cub at Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington Friday though it was not immediately clear who the father might be. The birth of the cub,which has not yet been named,is the third for the mother,15-year-old Mei Xiang,who could be seen cradling the newborn shortly after giving birth Friday. PTI
