ZALMAY KHALILZAD ARRIVES IN PAKISTAN FOR TALKS WITH CIVIL, MILITARY LEADERSHIP
According to the Foreign Office, Khalilzad had taken the Pakistan side into confidence about the delay in his arrival in the country.
According to a spokesperson of the US Embassy,...
BNP WON’T JOIN ANY POLLS UNDER AL GOVT FROM NOW ON
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will no longer join any elections to be conducted by the current election commission and under the Awami League regime.
In that line, the party's highest...
POST-ELECTION DIPLOMATIC MEET TODAY
Sheikh Hasina’s new administration will sit for its first diplomatic meet this afternoon after government formation following the national election.
All heads of missions and diplomats of UN missions have...
AT LEAST 39 TALIBAN FIGHTERS WERE KILLED IN SPECIAL FORCES OPERATION IN BADGHIS
Afghan special forces conducted a clearance operation in Qal'ah-e Now district of Badghis, killing 39 Taliban fighters and destroying 30 IEDs, military officials said on Thursday.
The operation was launched...
PAKISTAN TO ENACT LAW TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
In view of risks faced by journalists in Pakistan, the country’s government has taken an initiative to frame a law to protect the media professionals.
Pakistan’s federal minister for information...
Jeremy England-led Red Cross delegation meets Bhutan PM
A delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) led by Jeremy England, the Head of the Regional Delegation, ICRC, called on Bhutan Prime Minister Dr Lotay...
At least 1,300 Rohingya flee India for Bangladesh
At least 1,300 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from India since the start of the year, an official said on Wednesday, as fears of deportation to Myanmar spark...
Chinese firm proposes $1.5-bn elevated railway for Yangon
China is looking to make further inroads into Myanmar’s economy by funding a US$1.5-billion elevated railway project in the country’s commercial capital, Yangon.
China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd...
IMF to resume Sri Lanka’s loan discussion in February: Lagarde
The International Monetary Fund will resume discussions with Sri Lanka in February for further disbursal of part of a $1.5 billion loan, the lender said, after a political crisis...
Threat to India as China surpasses all other nations in key military technology
The US defence department has released its 'China Military Power' report, which offers startling insights into how much the Chinese military prowess has evolved in recent years.
There are three...
HAL yet to build Tejas trainers, not expected before 2021
The Indian Air Force has 11 Tejas fighters built by state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and is likely to receive five more by March, but it doesn’t have a...
Afghan Taliban warns US it would ‘stall all talks’ if ‘unlawful pressures’ do not...
Warning the United States that it would “stall all talks and negotiations” if America continues with its “unlawful pressures and maneuvering”, the Afghan Taliban on Wednesday accused Washington of...
Cash-strapped Pakistan asks China to shelve US$2 billion coal plant
Pakistan has officially asked China to shelve a joint US$2 billion coal power project from the US$62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project, claiming it will be too...
US envoy due in Islamabad as Afghan peace talks falter
United States Special Envoy on Afghan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, is due to arrive in the Pakistani capital Islamabad for talks with the country's civilian and military leadership, as the...
US Air Force escalated bombing campaign on Taliban by 35 percent in November
United States Central Command and NATO aircraft dropped 841 weapons on Taliban targets during the month of November, according to newly released data published by US Air Forces Central...
How long can India’s China juggle last?
India’s China policy is going through a bit of a strange time. Since the Wuhan Summit in April 2018 the two countries have been making great efforts to demonstrate...
Bangladesh wants India to pressure Myanmar on Rohingya refugees
Bangladesh is likely to take up the Rohingya issue “very strongly” with India when the country’s Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen comes visiting early next month, sources told ThePrint.
During...
STATE 2 KICKS OFF ‘BETI BACHAU-BETI PADHAU’ CAMPAIGN
Province 2 government started the implementation of the ‘Beti Bachau-Beti Padhau’ campaign an insurance scheme to encourage girl education from January 15.
According to the scheme, every newly borsn girl...
‘India should hold backchannel talks with Taliban, its return to power in Afghanistan is...
Former deputy National Security Adviser Satish Chandra among other experts have the government to engage with Taliban as their return is an ‘inevitability.’
The recent commitment for development in Afghanistan...
TOP TALIBAN COMMANDER AMONG 4 MILITANTS KILLED IN PAKISTAN
Security forces in Pakistan have gunned down four militants, including a top Taliban commander who masterminded the last year's powerful bomb blast in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in...
Why BJP leaders are going to Pakistan to fight 2019 Lok Sabha polls
It’s that time of the year again when elections are on your mind as well as on the doorstep, which means that a certain bashing of a certain neighbour...