AD UPHOLDS KHALEDA’S BAIL
The Appellate Division on Sunday dismissed a government’s petition seeking stay on the bail granted to former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case of arson...
CHINA TO CONSTRUCT 2000 HOUSES FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN COLOMBO
The Chinese Government will construct 2000 free houses for the benefit of low-income families in Colombo upon a request made by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Speaker Karu Jayasuriya,...
IF SHARIFS WEREN’T GIVEN ‘NRO’ THERE WOULD BE NO MONEY LAUNDERING: PM IMRAN
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday hit out at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) saying that if the Sharif family had not been handed an easy way out in National...
VARUN GANDHI DISSES “PMS IN MY FAMILY”, SAYS PM MODI LIKE NONE OTHER
BJP parliamentarian Varun Gandhi's fulsome praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday came with a portion of criticism for prime ministers from his own family, a group that...
5 BANGLADESHI WORKERS AMONG 11 KILLED IN MALAYSIA ROAD CRASH
At least 11 people including five Bangladeshi nationals were killed when a bus carrying workers fell into a monsoon drain after taking wrong exit near MASKargo in Kuala Lumpur...
US ENVOY LEAVES KABUL AFTER ‘PRODUCTIVE’ TALKS WITH GHANI
The US Embassy in Kabul said in a statement that the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad departed Kabul Sunday evening following productive talks with President Ghani...
India’s EC buried under tide of complaints, bias allegations
Did Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi break election rules by addressing the nation on an anti-satellite test recently? Is it right to have a channel dedicated to the leader?...
India is generating much more plastic waste than it reports. Here’s why
Only 14 of India’s 35 regional pollution boards filed information on plastic waste generation in 2017-18, according to the latest report of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Thus,...
India to again boycott China’s B&R Forum in Beijing
India is likely to boycott the second Belt and Road Forum which will be held in Beijing, China in late April 2019. The Belt and Road project is an...
Pakistan summons Delhi envoy in protest against any possible ‘misadventure’
Pakistan, warning of a possible new attack by giant neighbor India, said on Sunday it had summoned the Indian deputy high commissioner to protest against any “misadventure”.
“Indian deputy high...
Indian Defence Secretary in Sri Lanka for talks
Indian Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra arrived in Sri Lanka Sunday to participate in a bilateral defence dialogue hosted by the Ministry of Defence.
During his two-day visit Mitra is expected...
India looks to roll out more space weaponry after satellite-killer test
India has been developing "space deterrence" technologies which would be able to knock out enemy satellites, the country's military research chief has revealed.
"We are working on a number of...
Blemished Indian Navy’s Invincibility
Recent clashes on the Line of Control (LoC) exposed the Indian military’s self-proclaimed conventional dominance vis-à-vis Pakistan. As sequel of Pakistan’s response and India’s embarrassment in losing two fighter...
Shadow of fascism
The Modi years have witnessed an authoritarian imposition upon society by an increasingly centralised state, the setting up of one segment of society against another and the promotion of...
PM HASINA WANTS GLOBAL PRESSURE ON MYANMAR TO REPATRIATE ROHINGYAS
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon the international community, including the United Kingdom (UK), to keep up mounting pressure on Myanmar to take back the forcibly displaced...
Words and deeds: on Congress manifesto
The Congress party in its manifesto pledges to follow a ‘wealth and welfare’ approach if voted back to power. In an attempt to appeal to the poor without scaring...
PAKISTAN CALLS FOR ‘UNIFIED APPROACH’ BY ASIAN COUNTRIES TO ADDRESS KEY ISSUES
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has called for forging unity among the ranks of Asian nations in order to turn the current era into a truly ‘Asian century’, Radio...
CPEC emboldens China and Pakistan’s joint effort to manage militancy
Chinese General Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), chose to describe military cooperation as the “backbone” of China-Pakistan relations in a meeting with the Pakistani...
NEW COUNCIL WILL CREATE ‘UNIFIED’ STANCE ON PEACE
President Ghani’s Special Envoy and head of the High Peace Council’s Secretariat, Mohammad Umer Daudzai, at a press conference on Sunday briefed the Afghan media about the first meeting...
Highway ban in Kashmir sparks outrage, comparisons with Israel
The banning of civilian vehicular movement on the 270-kilometre stretch from Udhampur to Baramulla districts of National Highway 44 in Kashmir has drawn the ire of locals across the...