Daily Archives: January 15, 2019

GOOGLE DEDICATES DOODLE TO SAKE DEAN MAHOMED

Search engine giant Google created a commemorative doodle to celebrate Anglo-Indian traveller and entrepreneur Sake Dean Mahomed’s 260th birth anniversary on Tuesday, 15 January. Dean Mahomed is credited with introducing...

POLLS IRREGULARITIES IN 47 OUT OF 50 SEATS: TIB

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) says they surveyed 50 parliamentary constituencies during election and found irregularities in 47 of them. Irregularities were witnessed in at least one or multiple voting centres...

TULIP DELAYS GIVING BIRTH FOR BREXIT VOTE

A lawmaker has postponed giving birth in order to vote on Britain's divorce deal with the EU on Tuesday. Tulip Siddiq, 36, was due to have a Caesarian section on...

FOUR KILLED, 90 WOUNDED IN KABUL TRUCK BOMB ATTACK

Ministry of Interior confirmed that four people were killed and 90 have been wounded in Kabul’s Monday evening blast. Interior ministry's Najib Danish said among those killed, three are soldiers...

IEC ANNOUNCES KABUL ELECTION RESULTS AMID GROWING PRESSURE

The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) on Monday announced the preliminary results for Kabul parliamentary elections three months after they were held in the country. There are 24 male...

POLITICS IN FULL PLAY AS ACCUSATIONS FLY OVER TAINTED JET PURCHASE DEAL

In most of Nepal’s high profile corruption cases, politics has a crucial role to play—and this is evident once again after the credibility of a parliamentary committee’s investigation into...

NAMO APP SURVEY MAY GIVE BJP MPS JITTERS

In what could send chills down the spines of BJP MPs, already jittery over speculation that many could be axed, a survey on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s NaMo App...

SLPP OPPOSES PROPOSED NEW CONSTITUTION

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said today it was unreservedly opposed to the proposed move to bring a new Constitution as it would create more problems rather than solving...

FOREIGN MINISTRY CONTINUES BAN ON UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR LEE

THE government said it would not rescind its ban on UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee from entering Myanmar, despite her recent request, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday. U Aung...

India, Afghanistan sign agreements to implement 26 development projects

India and Afghanistan have signed agreements to implement 26 projects worth $9.5 million in Afghanistan amid a changing geopolitical scenario in the region. While the US has been urging...

Bhutan’s Mangdechhu hydroelectric project to start producing by end of next month

After few episodes of minor delay, 720 Megawatt Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project in Bhutan is likely to come alive by the end of February. India is a major stakeholder in...

Maldives’ ex-home minister plans ‘mass protest’ over India helicopters

Maldives' former home minister Umar Naseer has planned to hold a mass protest over the continued use of the two helicopters gifted by the Indian government. The warning came days...

India-Myanmar joint training exercise begins in Chandimandir

The second edition of the India-Myanmar bilateral army exercise, IMBEX 2018-19, commenced at Chandimandir Military Station that houses the headquarters of the Western Command, in Chandimandir on Monday. The aim...

Saudi prince, Pak army chief discuss regional security

Governor of Tabuk of Saudi Arabia Prince Fahad bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz called on Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters, Rawalpindi a statement...

Sri Lankan civil servants delegation visits Pakistan

A 12-member delegation of Sri Lankan Government officers is visiting Pakistan from January 14 to 21, 2019, organized by the High Commission of Pakistan, Colombo in collaboration with Pakistan's...

India risks becoming a Hindu Pakistan

India is, and has been since independence in 1947, a liberal secular democracy. Its first generation of leaders resolutely refused to accept the argument of Pakistan’s founder, Muhammad Ali...

Regional parties form anti-BJP tie-up in Uttar Pradesh

The events around India’s fast approaching election took an interesting turn on Saturday when arch-rivals and major outfits of national stature – Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party...

US demand for long-term military bases in Afghanistan sticking point in peace talks: Report

The US' demand for maintaining long-term military bases in Afghanistan has emerged as a sticking point in talks with the Taliban to end the 17-year-long war in the country,...

Pakistani envoy unlawfully detained in India

An official of the Pakistan High Commission was arrested by the Indian authorities on Sunday, January 13, 2019, and was released after the matter was raised by Pakistan; local...

Myanmar sends more troops to troubled Rakhine State

The war in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State is likely to intensify as more government forces have been deployed to the area in the wake of rebel attacks on police...

UN calls for ‘rapid and unimpeded’ aid access to Myanmar’s Rakhine

The United Nations called on the Myanmar government on Monday (Dec 14) to allow “rapid and unimpeded” humanitarian access to Rakhine State, where fighting between government troops and autonomy-seeking...