Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi named a water management
expert as prime minister, Hesham Kandil was the minister for water
resources and irrigation in the interim government set up after longtime
president Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year.Born in 1962, Hesham
Kandil studied at a graduate school in the United States. He worked on
an irrigation project on the Nile River as an engineer.
Hesham Kandil does not belong to any political party. Egyptian media
call his appointment surprising, because he has little political
experience.Poltiical analysts pin opinion Morsi has chosen the prime
minister from outside his Muslim Brotherhood group to reach out to the
young, supporters of the former government and people who are wary of
religious influence on politics
Highlights from the local media of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka June 27th, 2016 | Volume: 2 - 17/6 TOP STORIES Afghanistan Still World’s Largest Opium Producer by Far: Report Daily Outlook Afghanistan| 27 th June Afghanistan is by a long way still the world's largest opium producer, accounting for some 70 percent (3,300 tons) of global opium production, according to the United Nations World Drug Report of 2016.Myanmar is the second largest producer of the drug at 14 per cent (650 tons) of global production. According to the UN report, the total value of the illicit opiate economy in Afghanistan was $2.8 billion USD in 2014 — equivalent to 13 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Maiden joint meeting of Nepal-India EPG next week The Himalayan Times| 26 th June The first joint meeting of the Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations (EPG-NIR) would be held in Kathmandu on coming Jul...
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