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No comfort for young women
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 17/08/2018
» One of the biggest issues commanding media attention in the past year has been that of gender violence. And Peel the Limelight has dedicated this year to staging plays that shed light on the topic from different angles, starting with a production of Agnes Of God, about a young nun with a history of abuse. That was followed by I Am My Own Wife, a one-person play about the life of a transgender woman during World War II and the Communist regime in East Berlin.
Ex-school chief gets 5 years jail term over sex with student
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 16/08/2018
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A school director sacked for having sexual affairs with a 14-year-old girl at the school in Bua Yai district has been sentenced to five years and two months in jail without suspension.
Gunmen attack intelligence training centre in Kabul
AFP, Published on 16/08/2018
» KABUL - Gunmen launched an attack on an intelligence training centre in Kabul Thursday, officials said, just a day after a suicide bomber killed dozens of students in the war-weary Afghan capital.
EEC and Pearson to train on S-curve
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 16/08/2018
» The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Office has teamed up with London-based Pearson Education to design a training programme and curriculum to create a skilled labour force for S-curve industries.
Local wisdom in every corner
Published on 16/08/2018
» After Ban Khok Muang in Buri Ram won the Otop Village Champion award in 2006, village head Prasit Loiprakhon was confident that it would help boost tourism in his community.
Latin vibes in concert
Published on 16/08/2018
» Colombian and world renowned lyric soprano singer Betty Garcés will stage a selection of Latin American music with the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday and Saturday at Mahidol Concert Hall, Mahidol University, Salaya campus. The performance will be under the baton of maestro Alfonso Scarano.
Debt woes expose education integrity crisis
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/08/2018
» Recent stories about teacher and student loan defaults have shed light on a crisis of integrity within our education system.
Dhaka’s war against democracy
News, Suhas Chakma, Published on 16/08/2018
» The students’ protests in Bangladesh since July 29 against appalling road safety that attracted international attention have dissipated and the government of Bangladesh began its familiar course of action in earnest.
22 children dead in Nile boat accident in Sudan
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» KHARTOUM - At least 22 children drowned on their way to school when their boat capsized in swollen waters of the Nile river north of the Sudanese capital on Wednesday, official media said.
At least 25 killed as suicide attacker targets school in Kabul
AFP, Published on 15/08/2018
» KABUL - At least 25 people, many believed to be students, were killed when a suicide blast ripped through a school in a Shiite area of Kabul Wednesday, officials said, the latest assault on Afghanistan's war-weary capital.