Event: On June 30, 2013; the Bangladesh Parliament passed the national budget of Taka 2,225 billion for the 2013-14 financial year. After the budget was proposed on June 6 by the Finance Minister, there were no discussions by the political parties in the parliament about the economic policies and strategies for development or sources of revenues and areas of expenditures. Rather these parties passed the sessions in the parliament making…

Event: 27th Summer Universiade is held in Russia from 6 to 17 of July 2013. Kazan has become the capital city of world student and youth sporting contests. This Universiade will be the greatest in the history of such events. Athletes from more than 170 countries will compete for more than 350 sets of medals in 27 sports. Comment: For the first time the Russian government has decided to hold…

News: (CNN) -- Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who spilled U.S. surveillance secrets to the world, is a "free man" biding his time in a Moscow airport. Snowden is wanted by U.S. officials on espionage charges for disclosing classified details of U.S. surveillance programs. Comment: 1. Spying activities for the U.S. National Security (NSA) adds more than 100 million documents each year and disposes 40 tons per…

News: Prime Minister Erdogan said that the events occurring in Taksim Square are changing in its purpose and style. In the past two weeks, Turkey, especially in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, the different demonstrations occurred in different dimensions... I would like to repeat an important and useful point; we, as AK Party, were always sensitive in reading, analyzing and understanding the events. We have reached these days by accurately reading…