Daily Archives: January 28, 2019

PM HASINA’S INVITE TO TEA PARTY DECEPTIVE: BNP

Senior BNP leader Abdul Moyeen Khan on Sunday alleged the motive behind prime minister Sheikh Hasina's 'tea party' for the leaders of Jatiya Oikyafront and other political parties is...

WORK ON 900KM PAK-AFGHAN BORDER FENCE COMPLETED: ARMY

The army has said that work on a 900-kilometre-long portion of fence along the Pak-Afghan border has been completed. Briefing journalists and anchorpersons on Sunday at Ghulam Khan, a border...

NEW CONSTITUTION: IF NOT NOW, THEN LATER, SAYS PM

A new Constitution can be worked out later if it is impossible now due to uncertainty in getting it approved by a two-thirds majority in Parliament, Prime Minister Ranil...

INDIA’S BANKRUPTCY REFORM STILL LANGUISHES IN COURTS

That is bad news for Prime Minister Modi, who is keen on getting banks to lend more to stimulate the economy and create more jobs ahead of the election When...

Sri Lanka war heroes, a jailed racist monk and fears of Muslims taking to...

Many an eyebrow was raised last week when the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Hemasiri Fernando made the controversial statement that war heroes are those who have won medals and not others

Dhaka seeks Beijing’s strong support to resolve Rohingya crisis

Bangladesh has sought China’s “strong support” so that Myanmar moves in the right direction for resolving Rohingya crisis as Myanmar is not working to create conditions for the return...

Pakistan terms US-Taliban talks major diplomatic victory

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said the negotiations between the Taliban and US is major diplomatic victory and more good news were in the offing. Speaking to the...

US ‘Serious’ About Promoting Peace in Afghanistan, withdrawing troops - Pompeo

The United States is willing to promote peace in Afghanistan and withdraw its troops from the country, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday. "The U.S. is serious...

Sri Lanka’s new India-funded train flagged off

The train connects Colombo and the northern city of Kankesanthurai A new passenger train, funded by the Indian government, was inaugurated between the Sri Lankan capital Colombo and the northern...

‘Fear has intensified’: Why Rohingya refugees are fleeing India for Bangladesh

In the last week alone, 61 Rohingya Muslims, including 28 minors, fleeing religious persecution in Myanmar have been detained by Indian security forces in the North East. Thirty of...

Conflict over Centre’s Citizenship Bill creates a new identity of ‘Assamese Bengali’

The Northeast’s most populous state, Assam, is a veritable museum of competing tribes, sub-tribes and ethnicities. Bablu Nandi, a Hindu Bengali young man whose community is now staring at...

Strategy for Afghanistan: US out, China pure

The first trip abroad for a head of state always has a special symbolism. In the case of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his led to the departure trip...

Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi: Siblings unite, but will it change the Congress’ election fortunes?

Priyanka Gandhi, the newly-minted general secretary (eastern Uttar Pradesh), has loomed large in the imagination of the Congress karyakarta (worker) and, curiously, BJP leaders for entirely different reasons.

CHINA TO PLAY REALISTIC ROLE FOR ROHINGYA REPATRIATION

Chinese Ambassador here Zhang Zuo today said China was willing to play a constructive role to repatriate the displaced Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar. China will maintain close communication with...

India to fast-track acquisition of lethal Predator drones

India is expected to fast track General Atomics Predator MQ9’s for both Indian Navy and Army. Highly placed sources told FE Online that, “Initially the Indian Navy was keen...

REGIONAL PEACE NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT DIALOGUE: FM QURESHI

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan desires peace in the region, "which is not possible without dialogue", Radio Pakistan reported on Sunday Speaking to reporters in Multan...

Pakistan Navy to host multinational Naval Exercise Aman 2019 in February

The Pakistan Navy is set to host multi-national naval exercise ‘Aman 2019’ in February in the North Arabian Sea. More than 40 countries including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, China, Turkey, Japan,...

‘If Citizenship Amendment Bill is passed, we will quit India,’ threatens Akhil Gogoi

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi Sunday said if proper respect is not shown to the Assamese people and the Citizenship Amendment Bill is passed

UN CHIEF CONDEMNS ATTACK ON SRI LANKAN TROOPS IN MALI

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, strongly condemned the attack which led to the deaths of two ‘blue helmets’ from Sri Lanka and injured six others. Mr Guterres conveyed his “deep...

US peace envoy visits Kabul to consult president on talks with Taliban

US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Kabul on Sunday to try to secure cooperation from Afghanistan’s president after breakthroughs in peace negotiations with Taliban leaders in Qatar.

Eye on China, India finalises Rs 5,000-crore defence plan for Andamans

India has virtually finalised an exclusive Rs 5,650-crore military infrastructure development plan spread over 10 years for the strategically located Andaman and Nicobar