JOINT DECLARATION ISSUED AFTER MOSCOW TALKS
Delegates attending the peace talks in Moscow on Wednesday issued a joint declaration in which they outlined a nine point approach to promote “intra-Afghan” dialogue aimed at finding a...
ROBERT VADRA ARRIVES AT ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE OFFICE FOR SECOND DAY OF QUESTIONING
Businessman Robert Vadra appeared at the Enforcement Directorate office again today, nearly 12 hours after he left the probe agency's office after hours of questioning in a money laundering...
SWINE FLU HAS SO FAR CLAIMED 226 LIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Rajasthan continues to remain worst hit with swine flu as the death toll hit 85, while 2,263 patients have been found positive with the influenza, according to National Centre...
GHANI ASSERTS HIS AUTHORITY AMID AFGHAN PEACE TALKS
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has assured Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that Washington remains committed to achieving a lasting peace in Afghanistan, the US State Department said on...
PAKISTAN NOT TO ATTEND WTO E-COMMERCE TALKS
As more than 75 member countries of the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO) sit down to design a framework to govern e-commerce, Pakistan has decided to not be a...
FOREIGN MINISTER TO MEET MODI THURSDAY
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen, now in New Delhi, will meet Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday morning ahead of the 5th Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting scheduled...
No date yet for US troops drawdown, says Afghan Taliban
A Taliban official said on Wednesday that no timetable had been agreed with the US government for the partial withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, and that negotiations were...
Canada offers role in helping Rohingya refugees
Canada wants to play a role in solving the Rohingya refugee crisis, The Bangladesh Chronicle and New Age reported on February 5. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s special envoy...
80 Bangladeshi workers arrested in Maldives
Maldives Immigration has arrested 80 undocumented workers on Wednesday, in its first operation of the year.
Immigration, via twitter, said that the status of expatriate workers was "checked on site"...
Bangladesh protests to Myanmar over new arrivals from troubled state
Bangladesh has protested to Myanmar over a new influx of refugees fleeing troubled Rakhine state after clashes between security forces and an insurgent group, an official said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh's...
China-Sri Lanka cooperation under BRI brings new opportunities for regional development: Chinese envoy
The cooperation between China and Sri Lanka under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative has not only brought tangible benefits to the two countries and two peoples,...
India’s new defense budget falls way short for modernization plans
India’s defense budget for 2019 included a marginal 6.87 percent bump to $49.68 billion, which is unlikely to meet modernization demands or ‘Make in India’ manufacturing increases.
Out of the...
Pakistan, Oman sign MoU between defence institutions
Ambassador of Pakistan Ali Javed and Maj-Gen Salim bin Musallam Qatan, Commandant National Defence College (NDC) have linked an ‘MoU for Academic Cooperation and Scientific Research’ between NDC and...
America has lost the Afghan war
The Remnants of an Army, a famous oil on canvas by the 19th century artist Elizabeth Butler, is a lasting image of the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842). It depicts...
Tripura police slaps sedition charges on people protesting against Citizenship Bill
Tripura police on Monday slapped sedition charges against a group of people for allegedly raising ‘anti-India’ slogans during a protest rally organised by tribal bodies and attended by several...
Why America lost in Afghanistan
The Trump administration is now using Henry Kissinger’s “decent interval” process of abandonment to end the U.S. war in Afghanistan. The strategy is simple: negotiate a peace agreement exposing...
V.K. Singh hints at India’s changed approach towards China
Signalling a change of hearts in India's approach towards China, minister of state for external affairs General (retd) V.K. Singh said that despite the boundary dispute, both the countries...
FACEBOOK BANS FOUR MYANMAR ETHNIC REBEL GROUPS
Facebook has blacklisted four more of Myanmar's ethnic rebel groups, the platform announced Tuesday as it struggles to control rampant hate speech, misinformation and incitement on its platform.
For years...
Russia sidelines Kabul regime ahead of Taliban-opposition dialogue
Russia has decided to snub the Afghan government in order to ensure the participation of Taliban in the scheduled dialogue between them and the opposition politicians of Afghanistan. A...
BANGLADESH-MYANMAR BORDER ALMOST SEALED OFF TO STOP FURTHER INFLUX: FOREIGN MINISTER
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Bangladesh-Myanmar border has almost been sealed off to stop further influx from Myanmar amid violence there.
“We had kept our border open...
Hundreds of Arakanese, Chin flee to Bangladesh as army, AA clash in Paletwa
About 250 newly displaced Arakanese and ethnic Chin from Chin State’s Paletwa Township were driven from their homes into neighboring Bangladesh last week by fierce fighting between the Myanmar...