LANKAN PM PRESENTS EXPERTS’ REPORT ON DRAFTING NEW CONSTITUTION
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today presented the report prepared by the Panel of Experts for the Steering Committee, which is based on the Interim report, six sub-committee reports and...
NEPAL ARMY CHIEF LEAVES FOR INDIA TODAY
Chief of Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa leaves for India on Friday to receive the honorary chief title of the Indian Army.
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind will hand the...
TALIBAN KILL 32 AFGHAN SECURITY MEN, MILITIAS
The Taliban launched a series of attacks on security checkpoints in four Afghan provinces early on Thursday, killing 32 members of the security forces and pro-government militias, provincial officials...
CABINET DECIDES TO CONTINUE TRAVEL BAN ON PPP LEADERS
The government has decided to continue the travel ban on Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) stalwarts, including Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Faryal Talpur and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali...
ISLAMABAD WANTS TALIBAN TO TALK WITH AFGHAN GOVT: QURESHI
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Islamabad wants the Taliban to give up their refusal to talk to the Afghan government so that a political settlement of the...
INDIAN WOMEN WHO DEFIED TEMPLE BAN UNABLE TO RETURN HOME
Kanaka Durga, 39 (L) and Bindu Ammini, 40, the first women to enter Sabarimala temple which traditionally bans the entry of women of menstrual age, pose for a photo...
INDIA’S PARLIAMENT GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO JOB RESERVATION BILL
The Indian government has managed to secure Parliament approval for a Bill to reserve 10 per cent of government jobs and admission to higher educational institutions for economically weak...
SRI LANKA PRESIDENT TO VISIT PHILIPPINES FROM JAN. 15-19
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena will be in the Philippines for a state visit on January 15 to 19, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.
In a statement,...
‘HOMEGROWN’ IMF LOAN ALTERNATIVES IN OFFING
The government has decided to present a ‘homegrown’ five-year economic stabilisation programme in the National Assembly in the third week of this month that this time is expected to...
RMG WORKERS’ WAGE: DISPARITY EVIDENT
The tripartite committee formed to resolve the labour unrest in garment industry has found disparity in three grades of the workers' pay structure, and has started working to minimise...
RAKHINE POLITICAL PARTIES TO MEET TO DISCUSS AA ATTACKS
A Rakhine political party said Wednesday that it will hold a meeting in Rakhine state’s capital Sittwe to discuss a warning by a central government spokesman this week against...
HOMOSEXUALITY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, SAYS INDIAN ARMY CHIEF
Indian Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Thursday said that homosexuality would not be tolerated in the armed forces, according to NDTV.
He made the comment when asked his take...
Afghan adviser in China amid push for ‘long-term stability’
Afghanistan's national security adviser was in Beijing on Thursday as part of a push by his beleaguered nation for help in ending its 17-year-old war with the Taliban.
Hamdullah Mohib...
SDF to extend USD 10M in MSME funding in Bhutan
The SAARC Development Fund will launch its Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) funding scheme in Bhutan.
The MSME funding scheme comes under the Economic Funding Window of SDF. An...
Nepal foreign minister Gyawali meets his Indian counterpart Swaraj in Delhi
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal Pradeep Gyawali held a meeting with his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj at the latter’s office in New Delhi on Thursday.
During the meeting, the...
Sri Lanka looks to China, Japan and India to boost Rupee
Sri Lanka is in talks with China, Japan and India to obtain funds to help strengthen the Sri Lankan Rupee.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament Thursday that India has...
Will quota, citizenship moves help BJP? Here’s a health warning
The first full week of 2019 brought a rush of important news in quick succession. In a sudden move on Monday, the cabinet cleared a proposal to reserve 10%...
Exploiting Pakistan’s ‘Gold Coast’
The emerging markets of Central Asia require that a sea-land (south-south) dimension to support the north-south axis be added for expansion, otherwise all facilities and opportunities are likely to...
Who will control Afghanistan?
Every year the American mega sale event Black Friday falls right after Thanksgiving. The joke among Americans-which I suspect is made by immigrants since outsiders anywhere can detect what...
Fearing deportation to Myanmar, India-based Rohingya flee to Bangladesh
Fearing they will be sent to Myanmar, scores of Rohingya people have fled India for Bangladesh in recent weeks, officials here said.
At least 74 Rohingya who had been living...
BJP’s U-turn on Infiltration from Bangladesh after backlash over Citizenship Bill in Assam
After making the issue of illegal infiltration a major poll plank in the 2014 Lok Sabha and 2016 assembly elections in Assam, the ruling BJP Thursday claimed no Bangladeshi...