In 2012 the United Nations designated March 20th as the International Day of Happiness by adopting UN Resolution 66/281. Article 2 of UN Resolution 66/281: International Day of Happiness: Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations and individuals, to […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day – Women who changed the world
Is it true that “all you have to do is give children a computer”, one loaded with learning programs, films about wildlife and foreign lands, and math games in their language and English, and they will learn independently, without instruction? That’s what Matt Keller of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology aimed to find out. To do […]
The world’s nations recently adopted a new sustainable development agenda, in the form of 17 Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030. The goals offer everyone, each and every person, an opportunity to promote responsibility. The United Nations have published a “Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World”. Here The Good Times quotes things you […]
Little is known about the saint who died as a martyr on February 14. But the feast of St. Valentine, celebrated on that date, was established in 496 by Pope Gelasius I, who included Valentine among all those “… whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God”. Valentine’s Day […]
Last year, the world’s nations adopted a new sustainable development agenda, in the form of 17 Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved in 15 years. The goals offer governments, international organizations, world leaders and you, personally, an opportunity to promote responsibility. The United Nations have published a “Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World”. Here […]
In 2015, the world’s nations adopted a new sustainable development agenda, in the form of 17 Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved over the next 15 years. The goals offer an opportunity to promote responsibility, even at the individual level. The United Nations have published a “Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World”. Here The […]
East West University (EWU) in Bangladesh is a success story. Since the educational establishment was founded in 1996 with 6 faculty members and 20 students, it has grown to over 281 faculty and approximately 8,000 students today. Located in Dhaka, the private university not only aims “to provide quality education at an affordable cost in Bangladesh” according to […]
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.” Ayn Rand
