Headlines: Pakistan’s Military Leadership Strives to Secure the US in Afghanistan through Talks, Whilst Ignoring the Pleas of the Muslims of Occupied Kashmir Health Insurance Cards Will Raise Both Health Costs for People and Profits for Insurance Companies and Private Hospitals Back-Breaking Gas Utility Bills Are Because of Pakistan’s Capitalist System

Bangladesh has gone down six notches in the Transparency International's global Corruption Perceptions Index 2018. The country's latest position is 13th from the bottom - down from 17th in 2017. In South Asia, Bangladesh ranked the second lowest, only ahead of war-torn Afghanistan.

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When Tunisian diplomat and counterpart of Russian envoy Serge Lavrov, Khemaies Jhinaoui said “Syria’s natural place is in the Arab League”, it proves beyond doubt that it was only a matter of time before the Arab nations all of whom have remained complicit throughout the war upon the Syrian people in one way or another, were silently preparing to welcome the Syrian regime back, to once again give them the…