ASSAM NRC: ELECTION COMMISSION TO CLARIFY COURSE OF ACTION TO ADDRESS VOTERS’ LIST DISCREPANCIES
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India (EC) to clarify what action it will take if a person's name is not included in the final...
HELMAND JOURNALIST WOUNDED IN IED BLAST
Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, a local journalist in Helmand, was wounded in an embedded IED blast in Kart-e-Lagan area in Lashkargah city on Tuesday morning, the provincial governor’s media office...
PAKISTAN ELECTED OIC BODY’S DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
Pakistan has achieved another milestone in parliamentary diplomacy by clinching the slot of deputy chairman of general body of the Parliamentary Union of OIC (PUIC).
Besides this, Pakistan’s woman representative...
CTRL-ALT-STALL: INDIA’S ENGINEERS STRUGGLE FOR WORK AS JOBS CRISIS WORSENS
Santosh Gurav gained a bachelor's degree in technology from a mid-tier college in western India last year, specialising in electrical engineering and hoping to land a job in industrial...
THREAT OF FURTHER ESCALATION WITH INDIA ‘OVER’
A month after a suicide car bombing in Indian Occupied Kashmir sparked tensions between Pakistan and India, an internal assessment of the government has concluded that the threat of...
MYANMAR’S LAND LAW TO HURT ETHNIC MINORITIES
A UN expert has expressed grave concern over implementation of a new land law in Myanmar that has disastrous implications for traditional farming communities in ethnic minority regions and...
UNenvoy fears ‘new crisis’ for Rohingya if moved to Bangladesh island
A United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar voiced deep concern on Monday over Bangladesh’s plan to relocate 23,000 Rohingya refugees in April to a remote island, saying it...
China stresses on ‘dialogue’ before deciding about UN blacklisting Masood Azhar
China said only dialogue will lead to a responsible decision on the debate about whether the United Nations should blacklist Masood Azhar, chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad, reports said.
Azhar’s group...
No referendum on matters of national integrity: Nepal PM
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that there is no question of holding a referendum on matters of national integrity.
Speaking at an event organised to mark National Security...
Pakistani FM, Trump’s top aide discuss regional security post-Pulwama attack
In the backdrop of recent simmering Pak-India tensions, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and US National Security Adviser John Bolton held a telephonic conversation to discuss the regional security...
Japan to fund Sri Lankan light rail system
Japan's overseas development agency said Monday that it has agreed to lend funds for a new US$1.5-billion light rail system for Sri Lanka's congested capital Colombo.
Colombo traffic slows to...
How India and Pakistan can step back from the brink of war
These words seemed prescient in recent days, as the two nuclear-armed nations came closer to war than they have in decades.
Last month, a suicide bombing in Pulwama, Kashmir, left...
Compromises and cooperation in Afghanistan’s resettlement
Just after, the Soviet Union’s disintegration, US owned unipolarity over the world. Then, US engage itself in Asian conflicts. During the same era, China emerged in the region and...
5 jobs, 23,000 applicants: India’s jobless millions a key election issue for PM Modi
Vishal Chowdhary is young, bright and armed with an MBA. But he has spent two years struggling to find work in India's sluggish jobs market - a major headache...
HASINA, MODI JOINTLY INAUGURATE 4 PROJECTS IN BANGLADESH
The prime ministers of Bangladesh and India today jointly inaugurated four projects in Bangladesh, including the supply of 1,100 buses and trucks to Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC).
Prime Minister...
What does the ‘Indo-Pacific strategy’ mean?
Nine months ago, in this column, I wrote about the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy. Some argue that it was initiated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as early...
ALL PANELS EXCEPT CHHATRA LEAGUE BOYCOTT DUCSU POLLS
All panels, except Bangladesh Chhatra League, have boycotted the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) and hall union elections, citing vote rigging and irregularities.
The major panels are Chhatra Federation,...
Arakan Army occupies tactical base, holds 11 govt soldiers in N. Rakhine
The Arakan Army (AA) announced Monday evening it occupied a temporary tactical command base and apprehended 11 prisoners of war during a clash with Myanmar Army troops near northern...
Pakistan’s FM hints at a thaw in ties with US
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said that relations between Pakistan and United States will take a "new turn" because of its pivotal role in the US-Taliban...
SRI LANKA WARNS OF ‘EXTREME HEAT’ AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE
Sri Lanka’s Meteorology Department, on Monday issued an ‘extreme heat’ advisory as temperatures in several districts across the island is expected to rise further in the coming days.
The Department,...
India engaged with China for lunar mission, talks failed to take off
A rare opportunity for India and China to cooperate in a high-profile space mission fell through after the two countries disagreed on the nature of the Indian payload to...