Daily Archives: February 1, 2017

The first Bengali book on Sri Lanka

Bangladesh is relatively small compared to other countries in Southeast Asia. However, regardless of size, every country’s problems and the prospects are significant for regional development. Along with the...

Rohingya citizenship must to solve crisis: Rakhine commission

The visiting Rakhine commission stressed the need for granting citizenship to Rakhine Muslims and ensuring their dignity to find a lasting solution to the current crisis. Salame, a former Lebanese...

A strong organization behind U Ko Ni murder

Strategic consultant and Burma expert Bertil Lintner has known U Ko Ni by name for a long time, ever since he became acquainted with the network of NLD lawyers...

Can BD’s economy base ensure sustainable development?

In recent years Bangladesh economy has been enjoying an upper-mid growth rate, but it is doubtful whether this development will be sustainable for a long term. The government has...

Doval’s Moscow trip important indeed

Amid signal of a new Russia-US partnership with the first phone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the US President Donald Trump, India’s National Security Advisor Ajit...

Chinese subs for economic reasons only: SL Navy Chief

Sri Lankan Navy Chief Vice Admiral RC Wijegunaratne has assured India that the presence of Chinese nuclear submarines in Sri Lanka was "purely economic reasons" even as India views...

Power of hope

A conflict ends when the people at its centre look over the precipice and recognise that compromise is a life-or-death imperative, said John Lyndon of OneVoice Europe recently in...

Nepal CEC tells officials to prepare for local elections

Chief Election Commissioner of Nepal Ayodhi Prasad Yadav has directed the officials in charge to start making necessary preparations for the local elections. On the other hand Rastriya Madhesh Samajwadi...

Partial Police Document Shows Conspiracy Behind U Ko Ni Killing

The gunman who shot and killed National League for Democracy (NLD) lawyer U Ko Ni on Sunday was hired by a person named Myint Swe, according to a leaked...

PM Nawaz Sharif, President Abbas inaugurate Palestinian embassy in Islamabad

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President of the State of Palestine Mah­­moud Abbas on Tuesday jointly inaugurate the newly constructed Palestine Embassy Complex in the Diplomatic Enclave. The two...

Setback for Indian firms: H-1B reform bill introduced in US HR

A legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives which among other things calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to USD...