Bangladesh's Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday lost his final legal battle to remain as the chief of the microlending Grameen Bank he founded nearly three decades ago as the Supreme Court rejected his appeal against the sacking, cap…
The US has invited India along with more than a dozen other countries for an international meeting on offshore drilling and blowout containment.
US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said this is part of America's commitment to reduce th…
Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday said India should grant visa on arrival to Thai tourists to boost two-way travel.
"We hope that we will be able to get visa on arrival which is something that will boost the numbe…
One more pilot has been arrested in the Indian capital here for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure a licence from the country's airline regulator.
A senior Delhi police official said Avinav Kaushik from private airline Indig…
Over 50 young ones of different species were born in the Bannerghatta Biological Park here in the capital of the south Indian state of Karnataka, after the recent deaths of big cats, park authorities said today.
Eleven-year-old tigres…
One more pilot was arrested in the Indian capital here for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure a licence from the country's airline regulator DGCA, taking the total number of arrests in such cases to nine.
With this, four p…
The White House has termed the burning of the Quran as "un-American" while stressing that "absolutely nothing" justified the killings of UN personnel in Afghanistan following protests over the destruction of the holy text.
"We absolut…
India on Tuesday said it is committed to concluding negotiatons with Thailand for the proposed comprehensive free trade pact by this year-end, a step which will help in doubling bilateral trade by 2014.
"We are currently engaged in …
A "moderate" intensity earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale with its epicentre at the Indo-Nepal border region shook North India Monday evening but there was no immediate report of any loss of life or property.
Indian Meteo…
Hyderabad, the capital of the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, will soon become an integrated hub for aerospace industry with the setting up of advanced engine MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facilities at the Rajiv Gandhi Inte…
Arguing strongly in favour of the H1-B visa programme, an umbrella body of Indian and American industrialists has asked the US Congress to stop targeting Indian companies with discriminatory fees as they have brought investment and quality…
Members of the Agona East District Assembly on Tuesday confirmed Mr Martin Luther Obeng as the District Chief Executive.
Mr Obeng, 30, a lecturer at the Takoradi Polytechnic, polled 20 out of the 29 votes cast with one abstention while …
Mrs Lucy Awuni, the Upper East Deputy Regional Minister, has said there are several interventions being introduced by the government to ensure that women got involved in decision making for development.
She urged assembly women to ta…
The Eastern Regional Minister, Dr Kwasi Akyem Apea-Kubi, has appealed to tender boards of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to award contracts to competent contractors.
He also urged members of the tender boards a…
Mr. Worlanyo Siabe, the Upper West Regional Director of Community Water and Sanitation Agency, has appealed to the six beneficiary districts of the Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Project to pay their share of the five per cent comp…
A total of 7122 candidates have been registered to write this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination, (BECE) scheduled for April 11 to 18, in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.
Out of the number, 5477 candidates are from public…
Mr Mahama Ayariga, a Deputy Minister of Education, was on Wednesday morning discharged from the Tamale Teaching Hospital after two weeks on admission following a lorry accident at Nasia near Walewale in March.
The Deputy Minister, w…
Six illegal miners, including a nursing mother, were on Monday arrested in the Kweikaru Forest Reserve in the Birim North District by a combined team of police, military and forestry guards.
Those arrested include, Kwame Adu, 28, fro…
A 24-year-old trade, who poured hot soup on a co-tenant resulting in her suffering severe burns, has been ordered by a Kumasi Circuit Court to be held in prison remand.
The victim, Akua Tiwaah, is on admission at the Komfo Anokye…
CAMFED, a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) and Master Card Foundation are partnering to support twelve schools in the Bongo District in the Upper East Region to multiply girls’ access to education for the next five years.
The scho…
Dr Iyabode Olusanmi, UNICEF Representative in Ghana, on Wednesday disclosed that only 15 per cent of cases of violence against children are prosecuted in the country.
This, she said, was because of threats from accused persons, prefe…
The Techiman Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Michael Cudjoe Ntumy, has remanded into police custody, three suspected “wee” peddlers, to re-appear on April 18, this year.
The suspects, whose plea were not taken at the court, were K…
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, on Monday directed all Regional Ministers, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives to as a matter of urgency take steps not only to minimise the spread of cholera to oth…
A ten-day conference dubbed: “global network for higher music education”, commenced at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), to analyze the positive consequences of globalization through music.
About 50 delegates made up of students an…
The Nkawie/Toase Presbyterian Church in the Atwima-Nwabiagya District, has been elevated to full district status with a call on Christians to shun all traits of self-centeredness.
The Right Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, Moderat…
A circuit Court in Cape Coast has remanded Kwame Issah alias Kwame “Aponkye”, a 35-year-old porter, in prison custody for allegedly stealing two goats valued at GH¢160.
Issah, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing, would r…
Mr. Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum, Nkoranza South District Chief Executive, has stated that it is the vision of the District Assembly to promote education in the district by encouraging and supporting the youth in pursuing education.
He em…
Thirteen pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 confirmed cases, have been reported at the Achimota Hospital which is a designated Influenza Sentinel Site.
Saint John’s School at Achimota has recorded nine of the confirmed cases with the rest …
Stigmatization and lack of knowledge of abortion laws in the country have been identified as some of the causes of unsafe abortion, especially among young women in secondary and tertiary institutions.
The incidence of abortion, accor…
Abubakar Abu, a metal scrap dealer at Nkwabeng, a suburb of Sunyani, has been remanded by the Dormaa Circuit Court for allegedly stealing a bale of female headgear valued at GHC3,000 at the Dormaa-Ahenkro market.
Giving the facts of …
Judges in Accra on Monday vacated the courts following safety concerns ahead of a protest march by the Northern Youth for Justice against the verdict that freed 15 accused persons charged with the murder of the Ya-Na in March 2002.
A…
The Very Reverend Father Isaac Kojo Anokye, Dean of Kumasi Saint Cyprian’s Anglican Cathedral, has said there the need for society to repudiate cultural practices that are inimical to the development of women.
He said women shoul…
Mrs Patricia Antwi, Awutu Senya District Director of Health Services, has appealed to the government to expedite work on the 30 capacity male, female and children’s wards being constructed at the Kasoa Health Centre to help decongest the p…
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has engaged residents of Legon village as part of the Commission’s outreach campaigns to educate the public on its activities.
Ms Nana Yaa Jantuah, Public Relations and External Affa…
The Dormaa Circuit Court has imposed a fine of GH¢360 on Master Willie, a carpenter at Dormaa-Ahenkro, for living in filth and obstructing sanitation officers from carrying out their lawful functions.
Master Willie, who pleaded guilt…
Commonwealth Hall of the University of Ghana on Monday launched its 53rd Hall Week celebrations with a focus on promoting women empowerment and development.
The week-long celebration, which will be under the theme, “Promoting Affirma…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Samuel Sarpong, has called on Ghanaians to keep their environment clean, to prevent the spread of cholera in some parts of the country.
He asked the people to adhere to good sanitary …
Mrs Juliana Azumah-Mensah,Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs, on Monday,presented two flat screen computers and a printer to the Adaklu -Anyigbe District Education Directorate.
The presentation was in response to appeals from t…
Reverend Dr Jacob Ayeebo,Anglican Priest and Member of the Council of State, in the Upper East Region, at the weekend, reiterated the need to inculcate in the youth, skills, which would ensure food security and good livelihood.
He sa…
The Chairperson of the AkuapemPresbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Reverend Dr Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante, has cautioned politicians and Ghanaians to desist from politics of insults.
He said it was unfortunate that in recen…
The body of a man in his forties has been deposited at the Half Assini Government Hospital morgue by the police, awaiting identification and collection.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) John Ferguson Dzieneku, the Jomoro Distric…
Professor Nathaniel K. Pecku, Rector at the University College of Management Studies (UCOMS), has urged fresh students of the University to be disciplined and study hard, to justify the investment made on them.
Prof Pecku said a numb…
Nana Kofi Aberde IV,Omankrado of Agona Duakwa, as appealed to the Christian Council of Ghana to put in place measures to weed out false and charlatan priests.
He said because of the activities of these priests, it had become difficul…
Training content and certification by professional bodies is outside the jurisdiction of the National Accreditation Board (NAB, Mr Kojo Asare-Bediako, the Executive Director of the Institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners, Ghan…
Students at the Aboadze TICO Junior High School in the Shama District of the Western Region are traumatised by some horrific blood rituals performed on the school compound by some unknown persons.
Mr Benjamin Dadzie, chairman of the …
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Monday renewed the government's commitment to provide quality health delivery to Ghanaians and to achieve all health-related Millennium Development Goals.
He said the government would also support…
The role of transportation in the prevention of maternal morbidity and mortality cannot be over-emphasized.
Medical facilities have been confronted with lack of efficient transport system to handle emergencies that cause many medical…
Members of the Yijiisi Royal Gate of the Wa paramountcy has marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Wa Naa Seidu II with prayers and recitation of the Holy Koran.
The late Wa Naa Seidu, who occupied the Wa skin from 1953 to 1961,…
A Ghanaian scientist, Dr Michael Gbordzoe, is claiming authorship of the lyrics of national pledge and current national anthem saying historical records need to be put straight.
He said petitions he had sent over the years to the Pre…
The Aqua Vitens Rand Limited is tackling the water flow hiccups in Juapong to enable water reach all customers regardless of gradient of location.
Customers on flat rate would be given meters and faulty meters examined and replaced i…