79 percent young labour force in Pakistan living below poverty line, and majority of them has no access to education beyond Primary Level, veteran general secretary Pakistan Workers' Federation Khurshid Ahmad said here on Friday.

Nearly half of the nation's 140 million adult citizens are proficient enough to read street flyers or calculate the amount of money spent in cellphone conversations, revealed a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) study yesterday.

Bangladesh is the 7th largest country in the world in population where 150 million people are virtually elbowing each other in a land that is 134,000 sq km in area with a population density of more than 1100 people per sq km. Overpopulated!

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The Punjab Planning and Development Department (PDD) is spending 82 percent of its development budget for public welfare oriented sectors while Rs 50 billion is spending for the provision of education, health and clean drinking water facilities in the province.

KOLKATA, April 11: The Science Express was flagged off by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to create awareness and develop a scientific temperament among people, particularly among students. The train, displaying gadgets in 16 of its coaches, arrived at Sealdah Station this morning and will be open to visitors till 14 April.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has projected solution of the unemployment problem and eradication of poverty and illiteracy as the major electoral planks of the Congress party and his Government during his campaign trip to Hajo recently.