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Is it just another year?
January,2008--Due to the growing importance and requirements of SAARC the countries call for more frequent meetings. Proposals range from biannual meets to establishing a SAARC Council. The upcoming SAARC summit in Colombo is preponed and rescheduled to June.
February,2008--Agricultural production level is record high in South Asia for the year 2007-8. Although at war with its main erstwhile supporter Taliban shows remarkable resilience.
March,2008--Elections are held in Bhutan for the new Constitution that would come into force later in the year. DTP wins 45 out of 47 seats.
April,2008-- The first edition of Indan Premier league begins. Rajasthan Royals are the Champions.
May,2008--Netra Bikram Chand 'biplav' and Mohan 'kiran' split off and form Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) and decide to restart the Civil war. Their aim calls for the complete victory of the revolution. They start an insurgency that would rage on for a decade and frnge groups continue to fight to this day.
June,2008--In the Colombo Summit of SAARC it is decided that summits will be continued to be held every two years but a council is established that will meet thrice a year. The council will be composed of ten MPs from each member country's lower house of the parliament elected by the the MPs (10% vote = 1 seat) keeping in line with the democratic nature of SAARC. The SAARC council will meet in its headquarters which will be situated in Dhaka. New council members are elected by each member country after every Parliamentary elections. Afghanistan is also admitted into SAARC as an observer nation. Full member status is denied to Afghanistan as Bhutan and Bangladesh has objections regarding its democratic setup.
July,2008--The new Constitution of Bhutan comes into force. It is the most democratic setup in all of the Subcontinent and makes Bhutan a complete constitutional monarchy.
August,2008-- In the Beijing Summer Olympics all the SAARC countries show poor performance. Only Abhinav Bindra from India clinches a gold medal along with two other medalists.
September,2008--The South Asian Development Bank opens in Colombo. The Sri Lankan government completed the SADB building in a record 10 months.
October,2008--India, Japan, Australia and USA conduct a massive tri-service military off the Malabar coast as part of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. China protests strongly, calling it an Asian NATO.
November,2008--The first SAARC council meeting is held in Westin Hotel in Dhaka. An unusual point of discussion is the poor performance of South Asia in Olympics and Asian games.
Barrack Obama wins the US presidential election.
December,2008--The Bangladesh General Elections are held. It is a massive surprise that despite having such a strong performance in the economic and social spheres the ruling party lost. The Awami League won 152 of the 300 seats whereas BNP won only 108 seats.
February,2008--Agricultural production level is record high in South Asia for the year 2007-8. Although at war with its main erstwhile supporter Taliban shows remarkable resilience.
March,2008--Elections are held in Bhutan for the new Constitution that would come into force later in the year. DTP wins 45 out of 47 seats.
April,2008-- The first edition of Indan Premier league begins. Rajasthan Royals are the Champions.
May,2008--Netra Bikram Chand 'biplav' and Mohan 'kiran' split off and form Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) and decide to restart the Civil war. Their aim calls for the complete victory of the revolution. They start an insurgency that would rage on for a decade and frnge groups continue to fight to this day.
June,2008--In the Colombo Summit of SAARC it is decided that summits will be continued to be held every two years but a council is established that will meet thrice a year. The council will be composed of ten MPs from each member country's lower house of the parliament elected by the the MPs (10% vote = 1 seat) keeping in line with the democratic nature of SAARC. The SAARC council will meet in its headquarters which will be situated in Dhaka. New council members are elected by each member country after every Parliamentary elections. Afghanistan is also admitted into SAARC as an observer nation. Full member status is denied to Afghanistan as Bhutan and Bangladesh has objections regarding its democratic setup.
July,2008--The new Constitution of Bhutan comes into force. It is the most democratic setup in all of the Subcontinent and makes Bhutan a complete constitutional monarchy.
August,2008-- In the Beijing Summer Olympics all the SAARC countries show poor performance. Only Abhinav Bindra from India clinches a gold medal along with two other medalists.
September,2008--The South Asian Development Bank opens in Colombo. The Sri Lankan government completed the SADB building in a record 10 months.
October,2008--India, Japan, Australia and USA conduct a massive tri-service military off the Malabar coast as part of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. China protests strongly, calling it an Asian NATO.
November,2008--The first SAARC council meeting is held in Westin Hotel in Dhaka. An unusual point of discussion is the poor performance of South Asia in Olympics and Asian games.
Barrack Obama wins the US presidential election.
December,2008--The Bangladesh General Elections are held. It is a massive surprise that despite having such a strong performance in the economic and social spheres the ruling party lost. The Awami League won 152 of the 300 seats whereas BNP won only 108 seats.
- Rajveer Naha
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