JAILED REUTERS REPORTERS WIN PULITZER PRIZES FOR ROHINGYA REPORT
Detained Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone are escorted by police as they leave after a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar on 20 August 2018. Reuters File...
NEPAL AND CHINA TO SIGN AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN DEALS DURING PRESIDENT’S VISIT...
Officials from Nepal and China are working to sign at least half a dozen agreements during the first visit of President Bidya Devi Bhandari to the northern neighbour beginning...
INDIANS MOST WORRIED ABOUT TERRORISM, JOBS AND CORRUPTION: GLOBAL SURVEY
Indians are most worried about terrorism, unemployment, and financial and political corruption, even as at least 73 per cent of the countrymen are optimistic that the nation is headed...
PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR INDIA ON PRIVATE VISIT
President Maithripala Sirisena has left for India this morning for a private visit.
President Sirisena is scheduled to visit and offer prayers to the Lord Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala tomorrow.
He...
S-400, Rafale to shift technological balance in India’s favour, says IAF chief
Speaking during a seminar on the impact of technology on the future of aerospace power in New Delhi, Indian Air Force chief BS Dhanoa said that the IAF achieved...
Pakistan takes deliveries of 3 SAAB-2000 Aircraft
According to publicly available import and export (EXIM) registries, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) received three Saab 2000 aircraft on 06 April 2019. These Saab 2000s appear to be...
Women to join Taliban delegation for first time in Afghan peace talks
Women will be included for the first time in the Taliban delegation for talks this month with US officials and Afghan representatives in Qatar on the future of Afghanistan,...
Bangladesh visit successful: Bhutan PM
The Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering says his four-day visit to Bangladesh has been a successful one. He arrived Bhutan Monday morning from Dhaka.
The Bangladeshi Foreign Minister saw off...
India successfully test fires ‘Nirbhay’ subsonic cruise missile
After two back-to-back failures, India successfully conducted a developmental trial of the intermediate range (1,000km) Nirbhay missile from a defence facility off the coast of the state of Odisha...
Maldives parliament repeals foreign land ownership law
Maldives Parliament has passed the bill repealing the amendment brought to the constitution which allows foreigners to own land in the Maldives.
The bill presented by Macchanglhi Dhekunu MP Abdulla...
Chinese team to study petroleum extraction potential in Nepal next month
A Chinese team is coming to Nepal to conduct a detailed study about the exploration of petroleum product extraction prospects in various places of Nepal.
The team is coming to...
Pakistan, Jordan agree to optimise military ties
Chief of Staff of Strategic Planning and Defence Resources Jordan Armed Forces Major General Nassar Al Athamneh on Monday called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed...
Russian award puts Modi in hot water
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree in Moscow last Friday conferring on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Russia’s highest state award, the Order of St Andrew the Apostle...
KHALEDA’S PAROLE DEPENDS ON HER, FAMILY: FAKHRUL
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said it is up to their chairperson Khaleda Zia and her family whether she will apply for parole or not,...
China’s changing strategies
Last Monday, India declined China’s invitation to attend its Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation to be held in Beijing on April 25 for the second time....
What’s in the Brunei military chief’s first Pakistan visit?
Last week, Brunei’s military chief paid a visit to Pakistan. Though it was only one of a series of ongoing interactions between the two sides, it was nonetheless notable...
MORE POLITICIANS BOYCOTT PEACE JIRGA
Following the decision by Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah regarding his refusal to attend the Grand Consultative Jirga on Peace, more politicians and heads of some political movements on Monday...
IMRAN EMBARKS ON CRUCIAL IRAN VISIT ON APRIL 21
Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay an official two-day visit to Iran from April 21, the Foreign Office announced on Monday, in a development many see as Pakistan’s efforts...
Intra-Afghan meeting is country’s best bet for peace
The intra-Afghan meeting due to be held later this month between the Taliban and Afghan government representatives in Doha is being seen as a positive development despite the fact...
AZAM KHAN, MANEKA GANDHI FACE CAMPAIGN BAN FOR POLL CODE VIOLATION
After Yogi Adityanath and Mayawati, the Election Commission barred two more senior political leaders for violation of the Model Code of Conduct this evening. Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan...
Kashmir traffic ban terrible strategy
The Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, currently under federal rule, has declared that civilian traffic will not be allowed on the crucial Jammu-Baramulla section of the National Highway...