PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE - UNP WORKING COMMITTEE TO DECIDE
Amid speculation that President Maithripala Sirisena is attempting to strike a deal with a section of the United National Party (UNP) to secure his presidential candidacy, a senior minister...
INDIA TO TRANSFER DORNIER RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT TO SL
India is hoping to transfer a Dornier reconnaissance aircraft to Sri Lanka in a bid to boost defence collaboration between the two countries, Swarajya news reported yesterday quoting Times...
TALIBAN’S OFFENSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT ‘RECKLESS’: KHALILZAD
Hours after the Taliban announced their so-called spring offensive, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, who has held five rounds of talks with Taliban members, said...
DALAI LAMA LEAVES DELHI HOSPITAL
The Dalai Lama left a New Delhi hospital yesterday after three days of treatment for a chest infection, but the 83-year-old will need several days of rest before returning...
TALIBAN ATTACK ON NANGARHAR’S SHIRZAD DISTRICT FOILED
At least 27 Taliban fighters were killed after they attempted an attack on Shirzad district in the eastern Nangarhar province on Friday evening, the provincial governor's office said in...
Urban myths
“My head is like a rubbish heap: you have to sift through the muck to find a working toaster,” declares Abdullah K, the central character of The Selected Works...
BHUTAN PM TELLS DHAKA: ENGAGE WITH NEW DELHI FOR IMPORTING HYDROPOWER
Visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering yesterday suggested that Bangladesh should engage in talks with India to import hydropower from Bhutan as it would need to use Indian territory...
Rohingya refugee crisis is worsening in Bangladesh
Donor fatigue, an exasperated government, a community in despair and increasingly strained ties with the locals have come to define the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. This complex picture...
Outrage over BJP promise to ‘remove every single infiltrator’ from India
Critics have accused India's ruling party of promoting communal tensions after a top official promised to rid the country of all "infiltrators" in an apparent swipe at Muslims and...
CONGRESS CANDIDATES IN DELHI WILL LOSE DEPOSITS, SAYS AAP AFTER ALLIANCE TALKS FAIL
On Friday Congress announced that it will fight the Lok Sabha polls in Delhi alone but maintained that it is still willing to have an alliance with the AAP
AAP...
Indian army to buy ‘failed’ missiles from Israel!
Indian Army is going ahead with the procurement of 240 Spike anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) and 12 launchers from Israel's state-owned defence firm Rafael. Curiously, the Army is going...
Indian armed forces being dragged into Indian elections?
More than 150 retired officers of the Indian army, air force and navy have purportedly written to the country’s President Ram Nath Kovind, requesting the Supreme Commander to instruct...
TALIBAN HAVE IGNORED THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE: MILLER
Hours after Taliban announced their so-called spring offensive, a spokesman of the Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, Dave Butler, said the coalition forces will continue to support the Afghan...
Taleban announce spring offensive, even as peace talks gain momentum
The Taleban announced the beginning of their spring offensive on Friday (April 12), even as the insurgents said the United Nations had lifted travel bans on 15 of their...
Bhutan keen to boost trade with Bangladesh
Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering Friday expressed his keenness to further develop the existing trade relation with Bangladesh.
“There are huge potentials to develop the bilateral trade further. The...
F-16 or JF-17 – which was it?
TO this touchy question — touchy for political and legal reasons — the answer is that it scarcely matters. Either aircraft, the US supplied F-16 or the Chinese origin...
Myanmar govt pushes embassies to move to new capital
The Myanmar government is moving ahead with plans to encourage the transfer of foreign embassies from the old capital Yangon to the new one at Naypyitaw, Frontier magazine reported...
20 killed, 48 injured in attack targeting Hazara community in Pakistan
At least 20 people were killed and 48 injured in a blast believed to be targeting members of the Hazara community in Quetta's Hazarganji market on Friday morning.
The attack...
1 KILLED OVER SUSPECTED COW SLAUGHTER IN JHARKHAND
One person died and three were severely injured after being attacked by a mob on suspicion of cow slaughter in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said on Friday (April 12).
According...
Relations with Pakistan to remain tense after India elections
When tensions brought nuclear-armed India and Pakistan close to conflict in February, Prime Minister Imran Khan was quick to predict better ties between the South Asian neighbors once India's...
Cooperation with China best for India
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, is counting on his self-portrayal as a strong leader to win a second term in seven weeks of elections that began on Thursday. His...