NEPAL AND INDIA WILL REVIEW BILATERAL TIES—AND A LAUNDRY LIST OF PENDING ISSUES
After months of delay, officials from Nepal and India will finally review bilateral ties from the Eminent Persons’ Group report to India-funded projects in Nepal as Indian Foreign Secretary...
NEPAL’S INVESTMENT CLIMATE HAS IMPROVED, OFFICIALS SAY
The much-hyped Investment Summit will begin tomorrow as the one-year-old communist government led by KP Sharma Oli hopes to woo investors by presenting $30billion worth of potential projects to...
ENERGY TRANSITION INDEX: BANGLADESH 90TH AMONG 115 NATIONS
Bangladesh has ranked 90th on the global Energy Transition Index (ETI), which has benchmarked 115 countries on how well they are able to balance energy security and access with...
CAMPAIGNERS TARGET FIRMS DOING BUSINESS WITH MYANMAR’S MILITARY
Sprinklers whirled as workers swept leaves and pushed lawn mowers on a recent sun-baked afternoon at the Okkala Golf Resort in Myanmar's main city.
As he steered a golf buggy...
INDIA’S DOSSIER ON PULWAMA ATTACK REJECTED
The Foreign Office on Wednesday formally conveyed to India the message that the initial information shared by that country regarding the alleged involvement of Pakistan-based elements in the Pulwama...
US TO OFFER INDIA ALTERNATIVE TO RUSSIAN S-400 MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM
The US is working with India to provide potential alternatives to S-400 air defence systems that New Delhi has decided to purchase from Russians, a top Pentagon official said...
ROHINGYA RELOCATION TO BHASAN CHAR MAY NOT HAPPEN: FOREIGN MINISTER
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said Bangladesh will not relocate Rohingya people to Bashan Char, an island in Noakhali district, if all concerned think that will be...
AFGHAN PEOPLE, POLITICIANS DECIDE ON FUTURE GOVT: RUSSIAN ENVOY
The Russian Ambassador to Kabul Alexander Mantytskiy in an interview with TOLOnews said that it is the Afghan people and influential politicians who should decide about the future system,...
‘HE IS JUST A KID’: MAMATA SCOFFS AT RAHUL GANDHI’S ALLEGATIONS
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday dismissed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's allegations against her government, saying "he is just a kid".
She also refused to comment on Gandhi's...
SRI LANKA TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS ARTIFICIAL RAINS PROJECT
Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Ministry, on Wednesday announced that it had temporarily halted its artificial rains project in drought-hit areas due to the lack of clouds with moisture.
The...
MASS WEDDING OF 27 ROHINGYA COUPLES HELD IN COX’S BAZAR
A mass wedding ceremony of a total 27 couples from the displaced Myanmar Rohinyas in Cox’s Bazar has been held at the refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila.
The ceremony, arranged...
PM’S COMMENTS ON INTERIM SETUP IN AFGHANISTAN ‘MISINTERPRETED’, FOREIGN OFFICE SAYS
Moving to control the diplomatic fallout from a news report stating that Prime Minister Imran Khan had "suggested" the setting up of an interim setup in Afghanistan, the Foreign...
Anti-satellite weapons: rare, high-tech, and risky to test
India tested an anti-satellite weapon on Wednesday, saying the indigenously produced interceptor was used to destroy an object in orbit.
Such a weapon allows for attacks on enemy satellites -...
Malaysia inching toward purchasing the Sino-Pakistani JF-17 fighter!
Days ago, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was the guest of honor in Pakistan, where he was on a state visit. Mahathir sat next to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran...
Bangladesh’s election wasn’t fair: US State Dept
United States’ Department of State stands by its claim that the last parliamentary election of Bangladesh was not held in a fair manner.
Robert Palladino, a spokesperson of the department,...
Climate report predicts hotter Bhutan
Towards the end of the 21st century, Bhutan will possibly see about 3.2 degree Celsius increase in its temperature. This is according to the analysis of historical climate and...
Pakistan urges no militarization of space after India downs satellite
Pakistan issued a call against military threats in outer space on Wednesday, hours after India said it had shot down one of its own satellites in a demonstration of...
SL to hold ministerial level FTA talks with China next month
The Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade, Malik Samarawickrama will visit China next month to hold ministerial level discussions to resume negotiations in connection to the proposed Sri...
Trump allies help bring Cold War back from dead
As the United States and China get ready for another round of trade talks, a group of US foreign policy experts gave a reminder that the two countries’ differences...
From scholar to militant: Why some young Kashmiris are joining an insurgency against India
He was the kind of professor students adored, always ready to help with books, advice or small loans. His colleagues in the sociology department found him reliable and ambitious,...
Pakistan’s pragmatic foreign policy
Pakistan has negotiated very difficult geo-strategic challenges for the last four decades. In the past, Pakistan had been the darling of the West, but when Islamabad needed its allies...