Daily Archives: January 22, 2019

MUSICIAN AHMED IMTIAZ BULBUL PASSES AWAY

Noted musician and freedom fighter Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul passed away at the age of 63 at his Aftabnagar residence in Dhaka this morning. He was taken to Universal Medical College...

NOMINATION PAPERS SCRUTINIZED AHEAD OF HISTORIC POLL

The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) on Monday began the crucial phase of the process leading to the presidential elections — including the scrutiny of nomination papers to...

NEPAL, INDIA AIR ROUTE TALKS KEEP GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES

Nepal and India made little progress at the highly anticipated air route talks held in Mumbai, India last week. Nepal has been badgering the southern neighbour to grant air...

NGOS LENIENT TO DRUG DEALERS DON’T REALIZE EXTENT OF DANGER -PREZ

In a hard-hitting statement yesterday, President Maithripala Sirisena called on NGOs which sympathized with drug dealers to remove their masks and look at the threats the children of our...

PAKISTAN SEEKS LNG ON CREDIT, REDUCED PRICE FROM QATAR

Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to request the Qatar authorities to provide Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) worth $4 billion on deferred payment and reduced price to support balance...

11-member BGB delegation in Myanmar for border talks

An 11-member Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) delegation has reached Maungdaw in Myanmar for a flag meeting on various border-related issues between the two countries. The team reached Maungdaw around 10am...

Pakistan shares Kartarpur corridor draft agreement with India

Pakistan has invited India to urgently send a delegation to Islamabad to negotiate and finalize the draft agreement between Islamabad and New Delhi for facilitation of Sikh yatrees to...

Lockheed sees potential exports of 200 F-16 jets from proposed Indian plant

Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) sees a potential export market of more than $20 billion for its F-16 fighter aircraft from an assembly line in India it has offered to set...

More than 100 Afghan security forces killed in Taliban attack

More than 100 members of Afghan security forces were killed when armed Taliban fighters attacked a military base and police training centre outside of Kabul on Monday, a senior...

Bangladeshis welcome Chinese investment but want questions answered

Bangladeshi experts and scholars raised tough questions about Rohingya refugees and the so-called debt trap to the Global Times following the "Dialogue on China-Bangladesh relations: predicting the future" symposium...

Citizenship Bill: Strikes have become test case for freedom of speech in India’s Assam

Labor strikes and shutdowns have become the weapon of choice for groups in northeast Assam that oppose the Citizenship Amendment Bill, despite warnings that anyone complying might be in...

Has Pakistan come out on top in the war in Afghanistan?

Afghanistan was on everyone’s lips when I visited Pakistan recently for the 2019 Lahore ThinkFest, a festival of ideas bringing together academics, writers and journalists from all over the...

Despite stirrings, revival of Nepal’s monarchy and Hindu character unlikely

Thirteen years ago, major political forces promulgated the interim constitution of Nepal (2007), following the formal entry of the warring Maoists into mainstream politics in 2006. The constitution, Nepal’s...

40PC PHYSICIANS ABSENT AT GOVT HOSPITALS: ACC

Around 40 per cent physicians at 11 government hospitals in eight districts were absent on Monday, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said. ACC briefed reporters after conducting simultaneous drives from 9am...

PAKISTAN: 3 GUNNED DOWN IN LAWYER’S CHAMBERS AT PAKPATTAN COURT

Two murder suspects and a legal clerk were gunned down in a lawyer's chambers in a court in Pakpattan on Monday. Four people were in the chambers of Advocate Shaukat...

India develops advanced laser pods to boost fighter jet’s attack skills: Source

India's state-funded Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an advanced and most sought after weapon targeting system in the world, which sharpens the attack capabilities of fighter...

India’s largest coastal defence exercise begins

Ten years after the 26/11 attack on Mumbai, the Indian Navy will coordinate ‘Exercise SEA VIGIL’ — the largest coastal defence exercise off the Indian coast — on January...

India plans to extend coastal surveillance radar system to Maldives

With Maldives’ defence minister Mariya Ahmed Didi due to visit India on her first tour this week, India plans to renew its offer to extend the coastal surveillance radar...

NEPAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETING POSTPONED FOR JANUARY 28 AFTER NC OBSTRUCTION

The National Assembly meeting has been put off for January 28 after the main opposition Nepali Congress obstructed the meeting for the second time on Monday. National Assembly Chairman Ganesh...

US, Taliban hold talks in Qatar with peace still distant

The Taliban in a statement on Monday confirmed that its delegation has held talks with the US representatives in Doha, Qatar after the US side accepted the agenda tabled...

Nepal’s central bank announces ban of Indian currency above Rs. 100

Nepal's central bank has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs. 2,000, Rs. 500 and Rs. 200 denominations, a move that could affect Indian tourists visiting the...