US withdrawal from Afghanistan showcases India’s hollow Afghan policy
When Donald Trump recently mocked India for building a library in Afghanistan, it signified a lot more than the fact that India is not fighting the Taliban as a...
RMG WORKERS BLOCK DHAKA-MYMENSINGH HIGHWAY IN UTTARA
Hundreds of ready-made garment (RMG) workers in Ajampur and Jasimuddin road areas of Dhaka’s Uttara have taken position on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway since this morning calling for a raise in...
UAE CROWN PRINCE DUE IN ISLAMABAD TODAY
Emirati Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is reaching here on Sunday for a daylong visit that aims at building on the fresh momentum in ties injected...
VIOLENCE RAGES OVER INDIAN FLASHPOINT TEMPLE
Twin arson and bomb attacks rocked southern India on Saturday, continuing a violent backlash that followed the entry of two women into a Hindu temple that forbids female devotees.
The...
NEPAL BEGINS TALKS TO MAKE BANNED INDIAN NOTES LEGAL
The Nepal government has initiated talks with India to make Indian bank notes of denominations higher than INR100 legal tender in the country after banning the use of such...
IF ANY BENGALI HAS CHANCE TO BE PM, IT’S MAMATA BANERJEE: STATE BJP CHIEF
West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh ruffled a few feathers within his party on Saturday when he said Trinamool Congress chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has the best...
Nandita Das on Mrinal Sen: ‘My friend, philosopher and guide, in a way few...
I dreaded the day I would have to write Mrinalda’s obituary. Last November, when I saw him looking so frail, I knew the feisty maestro was going to leave...
Pak army inducts A-100 rocket in MLRS of its Artillery Corps
The Pakistan army has inducted A-100 Rocket in Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) of its Corps of Artillery.
The Inter Services Public Relations said that the A-100 Rocket has been...
Ram Mandir- Ayodhya hearing: New bench will hear the matter from January 10, says...
The title suit in the Ayodhya and Ram Mandir dispute hearing was due for today and the Supreme Court has said that a new bench will be decided for...
Warmongering by India for domestic reasons: ISPR
The Pakistan Army says it is prepared to respond to any Indian misadventure and sees a design behind the latest warmongering by Delhi.
“The armed forces of Pakistan are fully...
Rakhine rebels kill 13 Myanmar police in brazen raids
Thirteen Myanmar police officers were killed in raids Friday by ethnic Rakhine rebels, the army said, in a brazen, co-ordinated attack on the country's Independence Day which adds a...
French high official visiting Nepal
The French official is visiting Nepal at the invitation of Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shanker Das Bairagi. This is a high level visit from the French...
Sri Lanka to borrow US$ 1.85 bn from Japan for light rail project
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to lend US $ 1.85 billion to Sri Lanka to build a light rail transit (LRT) service between Colombo Fort and...
Washington keen on closer ties with India: Analysts
The Asia Reassurance Initiative Act showed growing US interest in further deepening ties with India amid common worries over the rise of China, said analysts.
They said the new law...
Three MPs on house panel that cleared Citizenship Bill explain why they submitted dissent...
On Friday, three members of Parliament submitted dissent notes on a report clearing the Citizenship Amendment Bill of 2016, which will be tabled in the Lok Sabha on January...
UN in Nepal to enlist Bhutanese refugees who want to return
After Nepal rejected to locally integrate the Bhutanese refugees, the UN refugee agency is preparing to collect data of those refugees who want to be repatriated back to their...
UNHCR seeks clarification from India over return of Rohingya
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has sought clarification from India over the return of Rohingya and regretted the India's decision.
"UNHCR regrets India’s decision to repatriate a group of Rohingya...
Afghanistan: After the inevitable exit
Despite the White House’s spirited denial of reports that it has issued no orders for the pullout of US troops, the course seems set for a thinning of American...
No Indian citizen will be left out of NRC, says PM Modi
Kicking off BJP’s campaign for the coming 2019 elections in Bengali-dominated Silchar in Assam’s Barak valley on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016,...
Pakistan delegation departs for FATF meeting with action plan
Pakistan on Friday dispatched a Terror Financing Risk Assessment Report electronically to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) followed by a 12-member team to explain the action plan that...