Monthly Archives: March 2019

No more CDs, but the music plays on

Digital technology has turned the music world upside down. CDs and DVDs are fast becoming obsolete, relegated to the annals of history along with cassettes and LPs. The impact of...

Myanmar moves forward on China’s infrastructure plans

“Good relations with China are essential,” Thaung Tun, Myanmar’s economic czar told South Asian Monitor recently. That relationship is key to Myanmar’s development and security he added. “But that...

HIGH-RISES IN THE CAPITAL: CONCERN OVER SLOPPY FIRE SAFETY MEASURES

Most high-rise buildings in Dhaka lack fire safety measures, which can cause high causalities in case of a fire, experts said. Currently, there are about 4,000 high-rises in Dhaka, mostly...

PAKISTAN, CHINA WARN AGAINST POLITICISING UN ANTI-TERRORISM REGIME

Pakistan has warned that politicising the UN counterterrorism machinery would only compromise the integrity of the regime, as China also warned against “forcefully moving” a resolution in the UN...

INVESTMENT SUMMIT KICKS OFF, PM OLI SAYS NEPAL IS A VIRGIN LAND FOR INVESTMENT

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has wooed foreign investors to bring investment in Nepal and tap into the immense unexploited potentialities the country holds. He said the time is...

AUSTRIA LAUDS PAKISTAN’S EFFORTS FOR DE-ESCALATION

Pakistan and Austria on Friday identified areas for further cooperation in the fields of politics, trade, investment, education and culture during the 4th round of bilateral political consultations in...

LORD NASEBY LAUDS MARAPANA’S STATEMENT AT UNHCR

Lord Naseby said the UN for its part will have to submit proposals of how to get persons like Adele Balasingham and other senior LTTE officers settled in UK,...

BJP BACKS ACQUITTAL OF HINDU MEN IN TRAIN BOMBING

BJPIndia's ruling party Friday backed a court decision to acquit a group of Hindu hardliners accused of killing 68 people in a train bombing, despite the judge expressing reservations...

DR KAMAL: WE WILL INVESTIGATE IF FR TOWER FOLLOWED REGULATIONS

A committee led by Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain will investigate whether FR Tower was built following laws on construction of buildings. "We have collected all information regarding the...

ENSURE SAFETY MEASURES IN BUILDING SECTOR: EU

The European Union (EU) has called upon the government of Bangladesh to take policy measures in the economic sectors in Bangladesh, including in the building sector like RMG, to...

POSSIBLE PEACE DEAL IMPLEMENTATION SHOULD BE GUARANTEED: BASS

The US Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass in an interview with TOLOnews said the Afghan people’s doubts about the real intentions of Taliban in the peace talks and a...

China asks US to act carefully on issue of blacklisting Masood Azhar at UN

China has urged the United States (US) to act watchfully on blacklisting of Masood Azhar issue and avoid bypassing the relevant committee of the UN Security Council. Chinese Foreign Ministry...

Afghan parliament remains closed amid elections controversy

It is about one month that the Afghan parliament, the Wolesi Jirga, has remained closed as government is awaiting the announcement of the final results of the parliamentary elections...

FOREIGN SECRETARIES OF NEPAL AND INDIA REVIEW PROJECTS, DISCUSS REGIONAL ISSUES

Nepal and India on Thursday made comprehensive review of India-funded projects in Nepal during the official visit of Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale. This is Gokhale’s first visit to Nepal...

NIRAV MODI, ACCUSED IN PNB SCAM, DENIED BAIL AGAIN BY LONDON COURT

Nirav Modi, the main accused in Rs. 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank scam, will not be released on bail, a court in London ruled on Friday, rejecting his bail...

Will never allow NRC in Bengal: TMC

The Trinamool Congress on Friday rebuffed BJP president Amit Shah's claim to replicate the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in West Bengal if the saffron party returns to...

BAKSAL CREATED FOR CEMENTING POWER FOREVER, SAYS FAKHRUL

Describing the Awami League-led government as a 'puppet-one', BNP on Friday alleged that bureaucrats are now ruling the country, reports UNB. "We all know who did what in the (30-December)...

Nepal sees huge hydropower market in Bangladesh

The Nepalese minister for energy has said Bangladesh is going to be a “huge market” for their hydropower. Inaugurating the third Nepal-Bangladesh Business Forum in Kathmandu on Thursday, Barshaman Pun...

A shattered myth: India’s conventional military superiority

Boasting on numerical ascendancy, India looks at Pakistan through the lens of, what I call, ‘perpetuated grandiosity’, i.e., reducing Pakistan and its military capability to an ‘incapacitated flutter’. This estimation...

Indian missile destroy its own chopper in conflict with Pakistan

India's air defence missile of Israeli-origin may have shot down its own Mi-17 V5 military chopper, following an alert on 27 February about 25 Pakistani fighter jets hovering over...

Escalating the US air war in Afghanistan isn’t working

The dramatic increase in US airstrikes that began last year has brought the country no closer to peace. In fact, Afghan soldiers, police, and civilians are dying at record...