RMG WORKERS REJECT RAISE, CONTINUE AGITATION
Garment industry workers are continuing agitation in rejection of the revised pay structure.
Several thousand workers continued demonstration on the Dhaka-Tangail highway this morning since 9:00am and tried to put...
DR KAMAL HAILS PM’S DIALOGUE OFFER, WANTS TO JOIN IF INVITED
Dr Kamal further said he expects a positive outcome for the people of the country if dialogues are held with the prime minister
Jatiya Oikya Front convener Dr Kamal Hossain...
KEY TALIBAN MEMBER KILLED IN KABUL NIGHT RAID
Mullah Mirwais, a key member of Taliban, was killed in a night raid conducted by Afghan forces in Qarabah district in Kabul on Sunday night, Qarabagh District Governor Mohammad...
DIPLOMATIC SLIGHT: PAKISTANI HIGH COMMISSION OFFICIAL DETAINED IN NEW DELHI
Only days after what was being tipped as headway in thorny relations between Pakistan and India, with New Delhi accepting Islamabad’s demand to inspect Indian hydropower projects on Chenab...
QATAR APPROACHES NEPAL TO BUILD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NIJGADH
Qatar has approached Nepal to build an estimated $1.2 billion mega-airport project in Nijgadh, Bara, in a bid to strengthen its presence in Southeast Asia and China in the...
PAK ASKS CHINA TO REMOVE BIG POWER PROJECT FROM JOINT JOB LIST: REPORT
The Pakistan government has decided to shelve a major power project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that was pushed by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's regime, the Pakistani...
How to achieve peace in Afghanistan?
The Taliban have called off the fourth round of talks with the United States to be held in Doha due to disagreements over the inclusion of Afghan officials in...
Nepal Communist Party still struggles to finalise unification deal
The Nepal Communist Party (NCP), which was formed after the merger of two largest communist parties in May 2018, is still struggling to finalise its unification deal, including merger...
Citizenship Bill plunges Assam into political uncertainty ahead of LS polls
The Asom Gana Parishad’s (AGP) withdrawal of support BJP-led government in Assam last week in protest against the Bill has triggered political uncertainty and fuelled speculations about new political...
US, Qatar to work together on Afghan peace
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Sunday said Doha and Washington will work together on the Afghanistan peace process...
Saudi Arabia to build US$10 billion oil refinery at China-funded Gwadar Port in Pakistan
Saudi Arabia plans to set up a US$10 billion oil refinery at Pakistan’s deep water port of Gwadar, which is being developed with the help of China, the Saudi...
Rebel attacks escalate war in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
The war in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State is likely to intensify as more government forces have been deployed in the area in the wake of rebel attacks on police...
SC judge, who voted to remove Alok Verma, declines govt offer to join Commonwealth...
Supreme Court judge AK Sikri, whose vote helped decide CBI chief Alok Verma's removal from the top post, has turned down a post-retirement offer from the government. He has...
India’s Rahul Gandhi vows to reform sales tax, seek investment as poll nears
India's main opposition Congress party will simplify the goods and services tax (GST) and take "rational economic decisions" to attract foreign investment if voted back to power in a...
Bangladesh raises wages for garment workers after violent protests
Bangladesh raised wages for garment workers on Sunday following a week of demonstrations calling for higher salaries, the country’s commerce minister said.
The protests, which led to clashes with police...
‘No option for India but to talk to Pakistan’
Former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri said long-lasting peace between Pakistan and India is possible through people-to-people contact.
“We have taken the Kartarpur initiative believing that no progress can be...
India replaces advanced light helicopter at Gan Addu Atoll of Maldives
India on Saturday replaced an Advanced Light Helicopter at the Gan Addu Atoll of Maldives, the Coast Guard said. A Coast Guard Ship also entered Hitadhoo port of Maldives for joint Exclusive...
INDIAN PREZ CONFERS COAS THAPA WITH TITLE OF HONORARY GENERAL
Chief of Army Staff of Nepal Army General Purna Chandra Thapa being conferred with the title of honorary general of the Indian Army by the president of India, Ram...
Bhutan population projected to remain below 1 million by 2047
Bhutan's population is projected to reach 883,866 persons by 2047, according to a population projection report compiled by the Bhutan Statistics Bureau (NSB) released in Thimphu this week.
A 2005...
GOVT INCREASES RMG WAGES IN GRADE I TO GRADE VI
The government on Sunday announced to increase the wages of apparel workers from grade I to grade VI in the wake of widespread labour unrest.
Commerce minister Tipu Munshi announced...
Nepal NGO demands return of territories from India
A Nepalese non-governmental organisation has launched a signature campaign demanding the return of territory that Nepal lost to British India through the historic Sugauli Treaty of 1815.
The campaign was...