PUNJAB GOVT DECIDES AGAINST BASANT CELEBRATIONS
After some back and forth over the issue, the Punjab government has decided not to allow the celebration of Basant this year, acknowledging that it is not fully prepared...
GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL DOCTORS TO HALT SERVICES EXCEPT EMERGENCY FROM FRIDAY
Resident doctors at various government hospitals across the country have warned of halting all medical services except emergency from Friday if the government fails to hold talks with Dr...
PAKISTANI COURT TEMPORARILY HALTS MUMBAI ATTACK CASE HEARING
A Pakistani court has temporarily halted the hearing of the 2008 Mumbai attack case to let the prosecutor produce more witnesses.
Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists had sailed into Mumbai from...
SRILANKAN LOSES RS.40BN IN 9 MONTHS
The losses at the national carrier, SriLankan Airlines, widened during the nine months ended December 31, 2018, despite the gains at the top line level, due to currency depreciation...
AFTER CHIEF JUSTICE, JUSTICE AK SIKRI EXITS CBI CASE, TOLD WRONG MESSAGE
Supreme Court Justice AK Sikri has withdrawn himself from hearing a petition against the appointment of M Nageswara Rao as interim chief of the CBI. In the last hearing,...
INDICATING CLOSE TIES MALDIVIAN PREZ SOLIH WILL BE CHIEF GUEST AT LANKAN NATIONAL DAY...
Indicating the existence of close ties between the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the new Maldivian President Ibrahim Solih, Sri Lanka will have Solih as the chief...
HASINA IN THE LIST OF TOP GLOBAL THINKERS
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made her room in the list of top 100 global thinkers as the famous US-based Foreign Policy journal came up with a register of...
Bhutan likely to open five more border points for regional tourists
Soon, Bhutan will have five new entry and exit border points to facilitate travel for regional tourists. This move comes in the wake of promoting tourism in the region....
Myanmar to establish coast guard
The Myanmar government will establish the coast guard force to safeguard its 2,080-km-long coastline and territorial waters, according to a coordination meeting held at the Ministry of Transport and...
‘US-Maldives partnership key to Indian Ocean security’
A stronger partnership between the United States (US) and the Maldives remains crucial for promoting maritime security in the Indian Ocean, Maldives foreign minister Abdulla Shahid stressed Wednesday.
Speaking during...
GOVT WORKING ON PLAN TO ‘AMEND’ ELECTION LAW
Sources within the National Unity Government said the administration is working on a plan to amend the election law in order to pave the way to remove some election...
US Navy doing cargo transfer at Sri Lanka’s main airport
The United States Navy is doing a cargo transfer operation at Sri Lanka’s main international airport under a plan to use the island’s location to make it a military...
BISWA IJTEMA NEXT MONTH
This year's Biswa Ijtema will be held in February as leaders of two factions of Tabligh Jamaat have reached an understanding over holding the congregation, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan...
NEPAL STUDENT UNION ORGANISES ANTI-GOVERNMENT RALLY IN KATHMANDU
Cadres of Nepal Student Union, student wing of the main opposition Nepali Congress, staged a demonstration in Kathmandu on Wednesday demanding the government bring the culprit(s) involved in rape...
DRAFT CONSTITUTION WEAKENS PARLIAMENT AND STRENGTHENS PCS: MR
Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, in a statement on the constitutional reforms, said that the draft constitution seeks to weaken Parliament and immeasurably strengthen the provincial legislatures, and it will...
Pakistan’s A-100 MLRS and deterrence equation for South Asia
Pakistan inducted A-100 rocket in Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) into its arsenals, boosting the strength of Artillery Crop on January 4, 2019. The missile system was indigenously developed...
India navy set to open third base in strategic islands to counter China
India's navy will open a third air base in the far-off Andaman and Nicobar islands on Thursday (Jan 24) to beef up surveillance of Chinese ships and submarines entering...
Persecuted and chased away Rohingya seek elusive home in cramped camps of Bangladesh
For the Rohingya, considered to be the 'most persecuted community in the world', the comforts of home are elusive. Starting August 2017, more than 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar...
US officials converge on Pakistan seeking Afghan peace
After a successful mission to Turkey this weekend on US President Trump’s behalf, his leading Republican ally Senator Lindsey Graham is reportedly heading for Islamabad on a similar mission...
BJP plans to use EWS quota, citizenship Bill to consolidate Hindu votes in Bengal
To consolidate Hindu votes in West Bengal ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP is preparing strategies to cash in on the legislation to provide 10 per cent...
Foreign development in Myanmar sparks concern over transparency, regulation
In the dusty Myanmar border town of Shwe Koko, ethnic Karen shop owner Saw Tu wipes the dust off a bag of red chili peppers as he prepares for...