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Militant Buddhist extremism resurfaces in Lanka
After a lull following the election of the new Maithripala Sirisena-Ranil Wickremesinghe regime in 2015, the months of April and May this year has seen... More
Heads roll and re-fixed in Lanka
In a move that has disgruntled some, and in the immediate aftermath of frantic eleventh hour overnight lobbying, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday,... More
India announces policy for strategic partnerships in defence
India on Saturday finalised a policy that would allow local private companies to work with foreign players to make high-tech defence equipment, in a boost... More
‘Sub-conventional war’ threat makes India worry
A possible threat of ‘sub-conventional war’ has made India so worried that, in an unprecedented move, the country’s Chief of Air Staff, reportedly has written... More
Anti-Muslim militant Buddhism on the rise in Myanmar and...
Militant-political Buddhism is on the rise in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, both Buddhist-majority countries. It is exploiting the political vacuum existing in these countries due... More
Myanmar sees escalation of religious extremism
The spread of extreme Buddhist nationalism in Myanmar escalates by the day. Extreme nationalists are now preparing to protest against the country’s religious minister. Claiming that... More
Bangladesh Islami Bank chair accuses his deputy of violating...
The chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd yesterday alleged that the bank's vice-chairman violated his oath of office by spreading propaganda about the bank.
Vice-Chairman Syed... More
Eight years after war, Lanka still struggles for reconciliation
On 18th May 2009 Sri Lanka’s protracted 30th year old war grinded to a bloody halt in Mulliwaikkal, a narrow strip of land between the... More
Mamata’s China trip: Chinese consul hopeful
China has not given up on the proposed trip of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, its consul-general in Calcutta Ma Jhanwu has said.
Jhanwu told... More
India to deploy Rafale jets facing two-front war scenario...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is to deploy its latest Rafale combat aircraft in Haryana and West Bengal after facing with a two-front war scenario... More
Sino-Indian relations to remain complicated: Global Times
Highlighting the ongoing tense relationship between China and India, China's State newspaper Global Times has asserted that the increasingly tense relationship between these two countries... More
CPEC envisages Sino-Pak security mechanism with country-wide surveillance
A joint security mechanism against terrorism, including a pervasive country-wide surveillance system, is a key feature of the agreement between China and Pakistan on the... More
BSF Study on cross-border crimes urges direct communication to...
A pioneering study by the Border Security Force (BSF) has revealed that Human Trafficking networks on the highly-sensitive Indo-Bangladesh border are in the danger of... More
‘New Silk Road can spur China-India-Pak partnership’
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which China hopes would become the flagship for a new wave of globalisation, can help establish a triangular partnership... More
‘Nervous’ India can’t stop neigbours backing OBOR: Global Times
New Delhi ‘should just be a good member of the audience’ if it does not wish to participate in the initiative, a report in the... More
India isolates itself as the rest of Asia joins...
By spurning China’s invitation to be part of the multi-billion dollar, multi-continental One Belt One Road (OBOR) project on an issue of “sovereignty” India has... More
South Asia Satellite: Space diplomacy or domination?
In a rather bizarre turn of events, on 5 May this year India launched a satellite into space. This is not the first satellite it... More
Modi woos Lanka, promises India Lanka connectivity
Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday glorified in the teachings of the Buddha and Buddhist based links between the two countries in a... More
Hambantota port and FTA off the agenda for Wickremesinghe-Jinping...
The controversy surrounding the Hambantota port, and the ticklish issue of negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with China, are not on the agenda of the... More
Modi plays Buddhist card with aplomb to get Sri...
The visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday played the “ancient Buddhist link” card with aplomb in a bid to give a firm historical... More
Vision 2030: A smart move
Begum Khaleda Zia, chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has declared the party’s Vision 2030. To many, it came too early with election scheduled... More
