KHALEDA TAKEN TO BSMMU, FINALLY
Imprisoned BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for treatment.
She was escorted out from Nazimuddin Road’s Old Dhaka Central Jail around 12:20pm,...
OVER 18M AFGHANS SUFFER FROM MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY: STUDY
A new study by the Central Statistics Organization shows that more than 18 million Afghans which makes 51.7 percent of the overall population are faced with multidimensional poverty.
The Afghanistan...
APPRECIATE PAKISTAN’S SUPPORT TO PEACE PROCESS, SAYS KHALILZAD
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, while recognising Pakistan’s neutrality in the Afghan peace process, has urged all Afghans to approach the forthcoming elections and the ongoing talks with the...
SL NEEDS DISCIPLINED PEOPLE THROUGH MILITARY TRAINING - PM
Sri Lanka needs discipline which is instilled in people through military training in addition to economic development and social justice, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said over the weekend.
Prime Minister...
NEPAL THUNDERSTORM LEAVES 27 DEAD
At least 27 people have been killed and hundreds injured after a freak storm hit southern Nepal, destroying houses, uprooting trees and toppling electricity poles, officials said.
The thunderstorm swept...
QUESTIONS RAISED OVER DOSTUM’S ‘ABSENCE’ IN OFFICIAL MEETINGS
Four years after the establishment of the National Unity Government, the First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has rarely attended official meetings. His close aides said this should be...
Pakistan won ‘fifth-generation war’, Indian ex-general claims
Former Indian corps commander Syed Ata Hasnain has admitted that Islamabad had defeated New Delhi in hybrid war.
“They should learn from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),, how to fight...
Australian-Sri Lankan Defence engagement wraps up
The largest Australian – Sri Lankan Defence engagement came to an end this weekend with the Australian Joint Task Force setting sail to India for the next phase of...
KHALEDA’S BAIL IN CUMILLA MURDER CASE STAYED TILL APRIL 7
The Supreme Court today stayed till April 7 a High Court order that granted six-month interim bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Cumilla murder case.
The case was...
Taliban captures district in Northwestern Afghanistan
The Taliban captured late on 29 March the Arghanj Khwa district of the Badakhshan province in northwestern Afghanistan, the Ariana News broadcaster reported citing an official.
At least 14 Afghan...
UZBEKISTAN READY TO HOST TALKS ON AFGHAN PEACE
President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday met the visiting Uzbek delegation, led by Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, and discussed the peace process, regional connectivity, infrastructure projects and economic ties...
Another IAF MiG-27 fighter jet crashes in Rajasthan
Another Indian Air Force MiG-27 fighter jet crashed Sunday morning in southern Rajasthan's Sirohi. The pilot ejected safely. This is the ninth Indian Air Force crash in this quarter.
The...
NEPAL: INVESTMENT SUMMIT ENDS ON A HIGH NOTE WITH SIGNING OF 15 DEALS
The Nepal Investment Summit 2019 ended on Saturday on a high note, particularly for the private sector, as the closing ceremony witnessed the signing of 15 deals and memorandums...
Maldives’s High Court unfreezes ex-president Yameen’s bank accounts
The Maldives’ High Court overturned Sunday a criminal court order that froze the bank accounts of former president Abdulla Yameen.
Yameen appealed after his bank accounts were frozen in December...
Nepali, foreign companies sign 15 deals in investment summit
Nepali and foreign companies signed a total of 15 investment deals and Memorandum of Understandings during the Nepal investment summit held on Friday and Saturday in Nepal's capital Kathmandu,...
Sohail Mahmood appointed Pakistan’s new foreign secretary
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday announced that Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood has been appointed as the new foreign secretary of the country.
Qureshi, while speaking...
CONGRESS WILL HAVE GOVT JOB VACANCIES FILLED BY MARCH 2020: RAHUL GANDHI | AS...
Another day during the Lok Sabha election campaign saw the political antics of the leaders across the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the biggest town hall 'Main Bhi...
55% of Lok Sabha MPs facing criminal charges are from BJP
At the end of the term of the current (16th) Lok Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continues to have the highest number of parliamentarians charged with criminal offences.
Across...
India’s nationalistic media could disrupt China-India ties
India should consider carrying out an airstrike against China, "ramping up ties with Taiwan" and "renewing support to the Tibetan government-in-exile," said The Times of India in its article...
ODISHA VERDICT WILL SURPRISE INDIA, IT’S GOING TO BE SECOND TRIPURA, SAYS PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the poll verdict in Odisha will surprise India and the state will be second Tripura (where BJP stormed to power last year).
“Odisha...
Pakistan’s Gwadar International Airport will be the largest in the country
The new Gwadar International Airport will be the second facility in Pakistan to cater to big aircraft, including the world’s largest passenger airliner, the Airbus A380.
Currently, only Islamabad International...