DHAKA COURT FOR FREEZING TARIQUE, ZUBAIDA’S UK BANK ACCOUNTS
A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered freezing three bank accounts of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman with a UK bank, reports UNB.
Judge of the...
AFGHANS AND TALIBAN TALKS IN DOHA ‘CANCELED’
The much-anticipated talks between Afghan politicians, civil society members and other representatives of Afghanistan’s society with the Taliban on issues around the peace process scheduled for April 20-21 was...
PAKISTAN GETS DUTY RELIEF FROM CHINA LIKE ASEAN STATES
Pakistan now has a level playing field with member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in exports to China, which has waived duty on more Pakistani...
‘WILL SIT BY HIS SIDE IF RAHUL GANDHI BECOMES PRIME MINISTER’: DEVE GOWDA
Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, who is contesting the national election after declaring he wouldn't, says he has no plans to retire, but doesn't need to be prime...
NO PAKISTANI SOLDIER, CITIZEN KILLED IN AIR STRIKE: SUSHMA
Hours after an Indian minister admitted that no Pakistani soldier or civilian was killed in the air strike carried out on Balakot by the Indian Air Force on Feb...
IN MAJOR CABINET RESHUFFLE, PORTFOLIOS OF SEVERAL MINISTERS CHANGED IN PAKISTAN
Announcing his first major cabinet reshuffle after taking office, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday brought in five new aides and changed the portfolios of four ministers, including...
Regional alliances that have bet big on vote transfers will be on test today
With 95 constituencies going to polls in the second phase, all eyes will be on the ability of the regional alliances to transfer votes to their partners. In states...
MiGs and Rafales to slug it out in largest Indo-French naval exercise
The largest-ever joint naval exercise involving the Indian and French navies will take place off the coast of Goa and Karwar from 1 May, reports the English-language daily The...
Pakistan to buy Mirage 5 aircraft from Egypt
International journalist Alan Warne has revealed that the Pakistan Air Force is soon going to get Egyptian Mirage 5.
The deal about Mirage 5, the journalist, associated with Asian Military...
Bangladesh moves 4 notches down in press freedom index
Bangladesh has slipped four notches down in the World Press Freedom Index-2019 published by Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Bangladesh ranks 150th with a global score of 50.74 this year,...
India bans herb import from Nepal
For the past month, India has been strictly enforcing its prohibition of the importing of medicinal herbs from Nepalgunj into its borders, and this has severely affected local businesses.
The...
Baluch insurgent group claims responsibility for killing 14 in Pakistan
A Baluch insurgent group on Thursday claimed responsibility for killing 14 people in southwest Pakistan, it said in a statement emailed to reporters and newspaper offices.
Unidentified gunmen killed 14...
Two US Naval ships arrive at Hambantota
Two US Naval ships, USNS Millinocket and USS Spruance, arrived at the Hambantota port today to participate in the annual naval exercise ‘Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Exercise (CARAT)-2019’.
Upon...
What’s behind the Baloch insurgency in Pakistan?
The chilling execution of 14 people in Pakistan’s restive southwestern region has once again opened up the fault lines that have pitted hardcore Baloch nationalists against the state for...
SHUN ‘KHALEDA-MINUS FORMULA’, BNP TELLS GOVT
BNP on Thursday urged the government to stop a 'plot' to eliminate its chairperson Khaleda Zia from politics though a 'minus-formula' in the name of parole, reports UNB.
Speaking at...
US Indo-Pacific strategy hinges on Sino-Indian differences
The USA has invested great efforts to put in place the new “Indo-Pacific strategy”. But this strategy is nothing new and has been in works under previous administration in...
Balakot shows India needs to take its technological military edge beyond Pakistan’s reach
The air skirmishes between India and Pakistan on 26-27 February following the Pulwama attack had a very interesting fallout, which can bring a transformation in the armed forces —...
AFGHAN DELEGATION’S TRIP TO DOHA POSTPONED
The Afghan delegation's trip to Doha, Qatar, for talks with the Taliban was delayed for issues around the 250-member team's formation, sources confirmed.
The delegation was expected to leave Kabul...
828 MW UTTAR GANGA HYDRO PROJECT REVIVED AFTER 7 YEARS
The Uttar Ganga Power Company, a subsidiary of Nepal Electricity Authority, has invited expression of interest for consulting services to prepare detailed engineering design and bidding documents for the...
Defiant Arakan Army says ‘no peace by prayer’ in battle with Tatmadaw
The Arakan Army, which is locked in a vicious fight with the Tatmadaw will not "get peace by praying", its commander said as he vowed his forces would fight...
Afghan presidential candidates begin consultations on interim govt
As the National Unity Government's (NUG) term will end within the next one month, a group of 11 presidential candidates have started consultations on the establishment of an interim...