Daily Archives: March 2, 2019

ANOTHER CHAWKBAZAR FIRE VICTIM DIES

Another victim of the Chawkbazar fire died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early Friday, taking the death toll from the incident to 71, reports UNB. Jakir Hossain, 50,...

PAKISTAN MAKING EFFORTS TO KEEP THE PEACE, SAYS PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday Pakistan was making all-out efforts to maintain peace in South Asia and added that freeing of the captured Indian Air Force wing...

UN URGES BANGLADESH NOT TO CLOSE DOOR TO MYANMAR REFUGEES

The United Nations on Friday stressed that refugees fleeing conflict should be granted safe haven after Bangladesh declared that it would no longer take in Myanmar's Rohingya. Bangladesh's foreign secretary...

PAKISTAN SAYS INDIAN SHELLING KILLS BOY

10am A Pakistani government official says Indian troops with heavy weapons have "indiscriminately targeted border villagers" along the two countries' Line of Control in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing...

ATTACK ON HELMAND BASE ENDS; 20 MILITANTS KILLED

Attack On Helmand Base Ends; 20 Militants KilledThe attack on 215 Maiwand Corps in southern Helmand province ended after almost 20 hours, the provincial governor's media office said in...

NREGA workers want PM Modi booked for ‘making false promises’

Thousands of MGNREGA workers across the country on Thursday attempted to lodge FIRs against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ‘making false promises’ and ‘cheating’ workers by not paying wages...

Features of a coalition no longer exist, claims Maldives’ ex-president

Former president Mohamed Nasheed has stated there are no signs that the coalition which saw them win the presidential elections in November last year still exists. Main ruling Maldivian Democratic...

Chinese experts coming to Nepal to explore petroleum extraction potential

A team of Chinese experts is coming to Nepal in order to explore the country’s potential of extracting petroleum products. Officials of the two countries signed an agreement in this...

Pakistan to drag India to UN for unleashing “eco-terrorism” in Balakot

Pakistan is planning to lodge a formal complaint against India with the United Nations for destroying forests during the 26 February air strike on Balakot, according to a Reuters...

Inching towards war

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan to expect a strong response after the Pulwama attack on February 14. He ordered his defense forces to make decisions about the...

CHINA DENIES SPECULATION OF MILITARY PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN

China’s defense ministry is defending military cooperation with Tajikistan following a report of a sizeable Chinese troop presence at a base in the Central Asian state. Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang...

Saudis make ‘Eastward Shift 2.0’

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s headline-grabbing tour of Pakistan, India and China elicited the predictable commentary worldwide regarding the kingdom’s “eastward shift.” The reality, however, is that Saudi...

US, TALIBAN TALKS IN DOHA TO RESUME SATURDAY

The US negotiators and Taliban representatives will resume talks in Doha on Saturday after a two-day break. The talks were called off for two days aimed at consultations between working...

Under peace plan, US military would exit Afghanistan within five years

All American troops would withdraw from Afghanistan over the next three to five years under a new Pentagon plan being offered in peace negotiations that could lead to a...

Why China doesn’t want to get caught in the middle of a India-Pakistan conflict

Beijing is on the verge of being sucked into an India-Pakistan crisis, amid rising tensions in the Kashmir region that borders China. Diplomatic relations between longtime rivals India and Pakistan...

SL JUDICIARY STOOD BY CONSTITUTION DURING RECENT POLITICAL CRISIS: SAMANTHA POWER

Sri Lanka’s judiciary stood by the Constitution and enforced the rule of law with great independence and seriousness of purpose during the recent political crisis, Human Rights Activist Samantha...

Share evidence against Masood Azhar acceptable to Pakistan’s courts: Qureshi

Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that if India has "solid evidence" regarding Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar's involvement in the Pulwama attack, it should share that with...

China hopes Abhinandan’s release will yield joint investigation of Pulwama incident

China on Friday welcomed the impending release of the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthman by Pakistan, and hoped it would lead to further de-escalation of...

GUNMEN STORM HELMAND MILITARY BASE; 25 KILLED

At least 25 security force members were killed and 15 others were wounded in the ongoing attack by militants on a military base in southern Helmand province, the 215...

India’s Arunachal drops permanent resident issue

On February 25, Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) Teachers’ Association, RGU Employees Association and RGU Research Scholars’ Forum held a peace rally and called for a condemnation of the ongoing...

INDIA SPEAKS IN RIDDLES AFTER IMRAN’S PEACE GESTURE

Respon­ding to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s promise of releasing a captured Indian pilot on Friday as a peace gesture towards India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, not known for incoherence,...