Daily Archives: February 23, 2019

TRUMP ALARMED BY ‘VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION’ BETWEEN PAKISTAN, INDIA

US President Donald Trump on Friday voiced alarm at the “very dangerous situation” between Pakistan and India following the suicide attack against Indian forces in occupied Kashmir. “It’s very dangerous...

PM VISITS CHAWKBAZAR FIRE VICTIMS AT DMCH

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today visited the Chawkbazar fire victims at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital and instructed the doctors to ensure proper treatment. PM arrived at the burn unit...

MYANMAR MAN AMONG 6 KILLED IN ‘SHOOTOUTS’

A murder suspect, an alleged robber and four alleged drug peddlers were killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers and BGB men in five districts yesterday. The dead are Hazrat...

ARMY CHIEF WARNS INDIA AGAINST ‘MISADVENTURE’

Army chief Gen Qamar Bajwa, during a visit to the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday, warned India against aggression, saying any misadventure would receive resolute response from his...

Khalilzad, Kabulov stress need for all-inclusive Afghan talks

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday met Zamir Kabulov, Russia's Envoy for Afghanistan, and discussed the Afghan peace talks. Khalilzad said they agreed that...

FATF to keep working with Pakistan to curb terrorism financing

Pakistan has made only “limited progress” on curbing money laundering and terrorism financing, failing to show a proper understanding of the risks posed by Islamic State, Al Qaeda and...

China has offered Sri Lanka $1.5bn equivalent yuan swap arrangement

China’s central bank has offered Sri Lanka a yuan swap arrangement equivalent to $1.5 billion, Sri Lanka’s central bank governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said on Friday. “It is a stand-by arrangement....

At ground zero of Kashmir unrest, residents see no end to deaths

Whenever there would be a gun battle, 40-year-old Hamida would sink with anxiety, fearing that her 20-year-old rebel son might be one of those involved. On the afternoon of February...

Indus treaty: Why India cannot afford to fight fire with water

Water is meant to douse fires, yet it is the one natural resource that has, time and again, either been a cause for global conflict or been weaponised by...

Nepal hitches railway to Chinese standards in blow to India

Nepal will use Chinese gauge standards for a planned nationwide rail network, its transport minister told Nikkei, in a move seen intertwining the Himalayan country more deeply with its...

India’s trifecta of failure

On January 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government suddenly announced that an additional 10pc of school seats and government jobs would be set aside for the “economically weaker sections,”...

China to form SCO contact group for Afghan peace

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will form a contact group to help in a political settlement in Afghanistan to put an end...

‘Don’t mess with Pakistan,’ India is told amid Kashmir tension

Pakistan will respond to any attack by India with “full force”, the army said on Friday amid heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors, as Islamabad said it took over...

Is India’s Citizenship Bill a poll stunt, questions Bangladesh PM Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recently said she failed to understand why did the Indian government bring the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and its intention. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,...

How we are pushing Kashmir to the brink: Omar has some questions

Omar Abdullah, who had delivered one of the finest moments of the republic by declaring in the Lok Sabha in 2008 that “I am a Muslim and I am...

Saudi set to be key player in South Asia

The visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to Pakistan and India represents a new chapter in relations between Saudi Arabia and the two South Asian nations. With...

PUNJAB GOVT TAKES OVER CONTROL OF ALLEGED JEM HEADQUARTERS

The Punjab government has taken over the administrative control of a madrassah and an adjacent mosque that India alleges is the headquarters of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant group. The action was...

HAL delivers first three Dhruv helicopters to Indian Army

The HAL Friday delivered the first three Advanced Light Helicopters named Dhruv as part of the 22 ALH MK-III contract to the Indian Army during the ongoing Aero India...

PAKISTAN SAYS IT HAS NO CONCERN IF INDIA DIVERTS WATER

In response to an Indian minister’s statement that his country has decided to stop the flow of water to Pakistan from its share in the rivers under the Indus...

KHALEDA’S RELEASE JUSTIFIED, LOGICAL, SAYS KAMAL

Claiming that the government staged a 'farce' on 30 December in the name of election, Jatiya Oikya Front convener Kamal Hossain on Friday urged all to be united to...