Leasing of Hambantota Port to Chinese firm: SC calls for MoU and affidavit
The Supreme Court has ordered the filing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of 2012 along with an affidavit in respect to the leasing of land in Hambantota to...
E-9 education conference begins in Bangladesh
A high-level conference of E-9, a forum of nine high-population countries, began here Sunday to discuss policies necessary for the member states to achieve the United Nations' education-related "Sustainable...
Afghan Conflict Produces ‘Appalling’ Record High 2016 Civilian Casualty Count
The violence and turmoil in Afghanistan has resulted in the highest recorded number of civilian casualties in 2016, with nearly 3,500 overall deaths and an additional almost 8,000 wounded,...
Maldives opposition boycott presidential address
For a second consecutive year, the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), the main opposition, boycotted the President’s annual state of the nation address at the official opening of parliament on...
Human safari strips the façade of civilization
Tourists are being lured to the Andaman Islands with advertisements featuring the ‘human safari’. This safari has created quite a stir. Instead of catching glimpses of wild animals, the...
Myanmar: Security Forces Raped Rohingya Women, Girls
New Eyewitness Accounts Show Systematic Attacks Based on Ethnicity, Religion
Myanmar government forces committed rape and other sexual violence against ethnic Rohingya women and girls as young as 13 during security...
Bhutan’s Crown Prince Jigme on his 1st birthday dressed in the royal color yellow...
Bhutan's Crown Prince Jigme on his 1st birthday dressed in the royal color yellow, holding a matching toy car. The photo is featured on the February edition of the royal...
Pakistan second in hosting most number of migrants
According to the statistics given by United Nation’s (UN) high commissioner for migrants, Pakistan is second in hosting the most number of migrants with 16 lac immigrants living in...
Heavy snow and avalanches have killed more than 100 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In the deadliest incident, more than 50 people died in one village after an avalanche in Nuristan, a northeastern Afghan province on the Pakistan border.
14 people were also killed...
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Trend of Silence
Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has remained noticeably silent regarding the death of National League for Democracy (NLD) legal advisor U Ko Ni, who was assassinated...
VK Sasikala To Be Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, O Panneerselvam Resigns
VK Sasikala - the longtime companion of J Jayalalithaa who became the party chief after her death - has been elected the chief of AIADMK's legislature party, clearing the...
Turmoil in India’s Northeast again as Nagaland erupts
Violent protests have forced the government in India’s Nagaland state to cancel elections to ten town councils in an unprecedented gesture to placate angry tribesmen upset with reservation of...