Daily Archives: March 23, 2019

ERSHAD FIRES BROTHER GM QUADER AS JAPA COCHAIRMAN

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Friday relieved his younger brother of the post of Jatiya Party cochairman and its organisational duty for his failure to run the party,...

THANK YOU PM MODI, TIME TO RESOLVE ALL ISSUES, INCLUDING KASHMIR: IMRAN KHAN ON...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan thanked PM Narendra Modi for what he called was a message to him on Pakistan's national day. "I welcome PM Modi's message to our people....

Imran, Modi trade peace messages

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan ahead of Pakistan Day as both countries emphasised peace and prosperity for the region. PM Khan tweeted...

OIKYA FRONT TO FORM HUMAN CHAIN ON 30 MARCH

Jatiya Oikya Front will form a human chain in the city on 30 March next to push for its various demands, including the annulment of gas-tariff hike proposal, reports...

PAKISTAN, MALAYSIA SIGN AGREEMENTS FOR 5 ‘BIG PROJECTS’

Malaysia and Pakistan signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for five "big projects" on Friday, Finance Minister Asad Umar revealed during an informal discussion with journalists. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad...

SRI LANKA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS ARTIFICIAL RAIN

The Sri Lankan government, on Friday, for the first time, successfully tested artificial rain in a drought hit area to provide clean water to hundreds of families. The Power and...

THREE RESCUED AFTER THREE DAYS UNDER COLLAPSED INDIAN BUILDING

Indian emergency workers on Friday (March 22) rescued three people trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building for three days, officials told AFP as the death toll rose...

SIX KILLED IN MYANMAR’S RAKHINE STATE AS ARMY BATTLES REBELS

Six villagers were killed and five injured in Myanmar’s Rakhine state amid clashes between government troops and ethnic Rakhine rebels, a lawmaker and residents said on Friday, hours after...

Two US service members killed in Afghanistan

Two US service members were killed in Afghanistan on Friday while conducting an operation, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement. It gave no further details and withheld...

New Delhi boycotts Pakistan Day celebrations

The Indian High Commission based in Islamabad has announced its decision to not attend the Pakistan Day Parade on 23rd March, despite the official invitation, local media reported. As...

Pakistan’s highest civil honour conferred on Malaysian prime minister

President Arif Alvi on Friday conferred Pakistan's highest civil award — Nishan-e-Pakistan — on Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad during a ceremony held at President House in Islamabad. Mohamad, the...

Sri Lanka signs $1-bln loan with China to build highway

Sri Lanka signed a $989-million loan with China’s Exim Bank on Friday to build a highway linking the centre of the Indian Ocean island to a Chinese-built seaport in...

Strategic dialogue further deepens China-Pakistan relations

The first China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue was held in Beijing on March 19.  What's the significance of this dialogue? What are the new developments of China Pakistan Economic...

Malaysia likely to buy JF-17 Thunder, anti-tank missiles from Pakistan

Malaysia has shown keen interest in procuring JF-17 Thunder fighter planes and anti-tank missiles from Pakistan, Finance Minister Asad Umar told media after delegation-level talks between the two countries'...

India to finally induct desi Bofors next week

In election season, the Bofors howitzers are all set to boom once again. But these artillery guns are not the original Swedish ones that brought down the Rajiv Gandhi...

Saudi-Iran conflict threatens to flare in Pakistan

The decades-old rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has re-emerged at a difficult time, with Tehran in economic crisis due to US sanctions. The recent friction started with a...

Myanmar military’s massacre denial complex

“Trust us.” That’s the implicit message in the Myanmar military’s announcement this week of the creation of an “investigation court” to probe the state-backed mass violence targeted at the...

Supreme Court and Modi govt fail India’s tribes

India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, in a speech delivered at the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Areas Conference in June, 1952, said, “I have no doubt that, if normal...

Improving Sino-Nepal relations in 21st century

Sino-Nepal relations in the 21st century holds a meaningful relationship in China’s rise to global and regional power. Nepal’s commitment towards China on various issues including Tibet has been...

“Relationship very good right now”: Trump ready to meet new Pak PM

President Donald Trump has indicated his readiness to meet Pakistan's new leadership, amidst the ongoing peace talks between the US and the Taliban facilitated by Islamabad to end the...