Should there be a Govt cell to monitor fee structure in private schools? Mir Abdul Rashid Mostafa: Fees for private schools should only be monitored if government subsidies or grants are involved. The quality of education in state run schools is a more pr

What government? A few days ago it was reported that there were only four engineers in the country who could certify aircraft for airworthiness, about a sixth of the number required.

For mistaking symptoms for causes, it would be hard to outdo Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman and Maine Sen. Susan Collins with their proposal to prohibit pension funds and government agencies from investing in commodities.

Aid agencies have expressed deep concern about Zimbabwe's order for humanitarian groups to suspend work, an order that sparked fears that food might be used by the government as a political weapon.

In Côte d'Ivoire government health officials and aid agencies are launching emergency feeding and special nutritional training in the north to respond to what nutrition experts call "alarming" malnutrition levels.