The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 will come in to force in October this year. As with many new laws, guidance from the government as to intended application and meaning is frequently helpful. This is no less so for these Regulations and the compl...

The Government has published its much-awaited Guidance to the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 in draft today. A final version is expected shortly, once further comment has been collated. The Regulations themselves are due to come in to force on 1 Oc...

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (the Regulations) will come in to force on 1 October this year. Earlier this month, the Government published its guidance to the Regulations. At the beginning of last month, we asked recipients of our e-briefings...

After 19 hours of being beaten and forced at gunpoint to extort money from family and friends a Bellair man is lucky to be alive.

The epitome of unconsummated marriage is silence. The couple is in most cases embarrassed and does not tell what they are going through to anyone.

The rush to get the medicine was a quick one and the minister's phone has not stopped ringing since he returned

It's been ages since Malta has unsettled the powers that be in Europe; but sadly, that seems to be the only way to get member states acting on finding common solutions on migration

More and more indicators are spelling out the scale of economic damage being wreaked by Covid-19 and the containment measures taken to tackle it, writes Robert Shortt.

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) is advising its members to engage with the new calculated grading plan for the Leaving Cert - but has a number of "major concerns" about the process.

[Daily News] Young Africans kit and merchandise suppliers GSM said restructuring the club's management system will be the first task towards the transformation processes.

[Premium Times] The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Saturday that the government may impose a total lockdown in the state if violations of health guidelines persist.

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau Saturday rejected media reports about PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz and said it had solid evidence in the assets case against him.The NAB spokesman said solid evidence, statements of witnesses and necessary documents would be presented before the...

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency has arrested a key operative of a sleeper cell of Indian prime intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing , FIA officials said on Saturday.The anti-terrorism wing of the FIA has arrested Asif Siddiqui a key member of RAW sleeper cell from Karachi,...

ISLAMABAD: Government’s top adviser on civil service reforms Dr Ishrat Hussain unveils the variety of changes being made in the country’s bureaucratic structures and systems from civil servants’ induction, recruitment, training, performance, promotion, compensation and retirement...

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau on Saturday rejected the media reports about PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz and said it had solid evidence in the assets case against him.The NAB spokesman said solid evidence, statements of witnesses and necessary documents would be presented before...

ISLAMABAD: Government’s top adviser on civil service reforms Dr Ishrat Hussain unveils the variety of changes being made in the country’s bureaucratic structures and systems from civil servants’ induction, recruitment, training, performance, promotion, compensation and retirement...

The new Local Government Acts approved by Punjab and KP assemblies would strengthen the local bodies whose heads would be directly elected by the people and operate with the assistance of the civil servants

The strain was originally seen spreading in Europe, after which it spread to the rest of the world and is currently the most common strain.

Israel's foreign embassy in India shared a picture Saturday of a street in Tel Aviv named after famed and revered Indian polymath, poet, musician, artist and ayurveda-researcher Rabindranath Tagore.

The rabbi claimed that conversion therapy is a necessary procedure between ages 13 and 15 in order to rid people of their homosexual tendencies.

The West’s perceptions of China hold up a mirror to its own preoccupations. More nuanced analysis is much-needed

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The World Bank says countries whose debt is in dollars and those whose local debt is bought by foreigners are especially exposed.

Militarising the operations creates bad blood. People become resistant and restive.

People rarely observe basic anti-contagion protocols.

Sonko claims agency's actions are politically motivated.

The best way to avoid arguing about money is to start talking about it before you get married.

I well understand why so many murder stories are set on cruise ships.

He was a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlifts, a project in the late 1950s and early 60s.

When Zima did her weekly grocery shopping in March, she was shocked by the prices.“A package of chicken that used to cost HK$39 (US$5) was HK$50,” she recalled. A litre of milk went up from HK$35 to HK$49, and the tomatoes she used to pay HK$8 for were now HK$12.She worried her family of three might not have enough to eat for the month, because they would run out of money.The 32-year-old fled Pakistan in 2015 together with her husband and son, claiming religious persecution as members of the…

Confined to their 100 sq ft space in a subdivided flat in Hong Kong amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Wendy Cheung and her husband quarrelled numerous times over hygiene, money and caring for their son.Finally, she decided it was time to get a divorce after eight years of marriage.The distress caused by the fear of coronavirus infection, confinement measures and social isolation has taken a toll on couples. Cooped-up Hongkongers have been flooding hotlines with calls seeking help with conflicts at…

The coronavirus in Japan has brought not just an epidemic of infections, but also an onslaught of bullying and discrimination against the sick, their families and health workers.A government campaign to raise awareness seems to be helping, at least for medical workers. But it’s made only limited headway in countering the harassment and shunning that may be discouraging people from seeking testing and care and hindering the battle against the pandemic.When Arisa Kadono tested positive and was…

New government estimate highlights stark differences between groups afflicted with HIV

Repatriators working to bring Hutus back to Rwanda often find a blurry line between refugee and ex-combatant

Environmental and charitable groups call on Sandinista government to respond to hunger and drought

Prized in Asia as a luxury food, marine creature numbers could be dwindling

Regional environmental leader faces criticism for harsh enforcement strategy, despite clean streets

Brazil's anti-police movement continues to fight for the soul of Cabula, even as death threats intensify

Prince Harry's warmth and affection as a loving father was something that his friend Mike Tindall had predicted almost one year ago

Meghan and Harry discreetly slipped into LA without drawing much attention

Bhagyashree in a scene, instead of running and hugging Salman Khan, ended up bursting into tears

Kriti Sanon and Govinda can be seen shaking a leg on his hit song 'Main Toh Raste Se Ja Raha Tha'

RAWALPINDI: Punjab Information Minister Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan Saturday said that Information Department would give Rs100,000 to media worker affected by COVID-19 while in case of an unfortunate...

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MOSCOW: Facebook seems to have taken issue with an iconic photo that symbolises the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, and it keeps deleting a recently-colorised version of it, foreign media reported...

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KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Karachi President Khurram Sher Zaman on Saturday claimed that the Sindh government is exaggerating the number of COVID-19 cases to keep the markets shut down. The ...

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MARDAN: Food packages were distributed among 1,196 deserving families in different parts of the district on Saturday.According to a press release, Additional Deputy Commissioner Hazrat Ali, Assistant...

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MANSEHRA: Though Kaghan-Naran section of Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad road has been reopened to traffic following the suspension of five consecutive months, the tourism activities in the valley are yet to...

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