PEACE JIRGA BEGINS WITH 3,200 DELEGATES IN ATTENDANCE
The Grand Consultative Jirga on Peace was started on Monday despite that it has been boycotted by many mainstream political parties and election tickets.
Addressing the inauguration of the Jirga,...
Sri Lanka police chief refuses to quit over Easter attacks
Sri Lanka's incumbent police chief has refused to step down over the Easter Sunday suicide attacks despite President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday (April 29) naming his successor.
Sirisena said Friday...
CONGRESS GOES TO TOP COURT OVER ELECTION BODY ‘INACTION’ ON PM’S SPEECHES
The Election Commission is not taking action on poll code violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, the Congress told the Supreme Court in a...
2 KILLED AMID BLASTS IN BOSILA ‘MILITANT DEN’ RAID
Two persons have been confirmed killed inside the suspected militant den in Bosila amid blasts and gunfire exchange during a crackdown.
Rapid Action Battalion’s (Rab) Director General Benazir Ahmed confirmed...
Belt & Road Initiative
That China has transformed itself from a socialist giant into an economic powerhouse of the 21st century is not news.
However, what is noteworthy is the fact it now seeks...
2 KILLED IN BLAST AT CORDONED ‘MILITANT DEN’, CLAIMS RAB
At least two persons have been killed in explosions during a raid of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a house of Bosila in the capital's Mohammadpur, suspecting it to...
CHINA CALLS FOR MORE SECURITY FOR EMBASSY, INSTITUTIONS, ENTERPRISES AND CITIZENS
China has reiterated a call to the Sri Lanka Government to further strengthen the security of the Chinese Embassy, institutions, enterprises and its citizens, including the site security of...
Sri Lanka bans face covering after attacks
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday (April 28) announced a ban on face covering, a week after Islamist militants carried out coordinated suicide bombings that killed 253 people.
Mr...
Pakistan, China enter second stage of free trade
Pakistan and China on Sunday embarked on the new phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor by signing memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on the first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and...
BNP expels Zahid
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday night expelled its lawmaker Zahidur Rahman Zahid of Thakurgaon-3 from the party for taking took oath as a member of the 11th Parliament violating...
MODI’S ‘FREE COOKING GAS’ PROGRAMME LEAVES BITTER TASTE FOR SOME INDIANS
Madam Reena Devi says her life changed when she got a cooking gas connection under a billion-dollar programme championed by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, meaning she no longer...
CHINA PLEDGES ‘UNWAVERING SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN’S SOVEREIGNTY, TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY’
Prime Minister Imran Khan held meetings with China’s top leadership in Beijing on Sunday morning.
The premier and the visiting Pakistani delegation met President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall...
ELDER BROTHER OF HOTEL BOMBERS ARRESTED AT MAHAWILA
Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Ifran Ahmed, the elder brother of two suicide bombers, who blew themselves up at two hotels had been arrested by the STF during a raid in...
Bangladesh Navy gets two powerful warships from China
Two new warships equipped with modern technology and advanced equipment were received by the Bangladesh Navy at Chattogram Naval Jetty on Saturday.
‘Sangram’ and ‘Prottyasha’, both 90-metre long and 11-metre...
Indian carrier’s fire likely result of lax military regulation: Chinese experts
Chinese military experts on Sunday said that India's military culture cannot keep up with its ambitious weapon and equipment development, which might be the reason behind its aircraft carrier's...
OVER 30,000 NEPALIS STILL IN FORCED LABOUR, STATISTICS BUREAU REPORT SAYS
A total of 31,338 individuals are in forced labour in Nepal, according to the Labour Force Survey 2017-18 unveiled by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
The assessment of forced labour...
US SEEKING POLITICAL SETTLEMENT, NOT WITHDRAWAL: KHALILZAD
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad says that the United States is seeking peace and political settlement in Afghanistan and that the withdrawal of foreign forces...
Afghan goals similar to BRI’s, minister says
The goal of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Afghanistan is in line with the objectives of the Afghan government, which are to build more infrastructure and...
China-Myanmar railway makes significant breakthrough
Construction of the China-Myanmar railway is expected to speed up as a vital segment within Myanmar saw a positive breakthrough during the just-concluded Belt and Road forum in Beijing.
During...
Nepal, China signs three agreements
Two agreements and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) have been reached between Nepal and China at the Nepal-China Economic and Trade Forum in Beijing.
The first agreement reached between the...
India slipped further behind China under Modi govt
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a rare national address on live television last month to boast that India had destroyed a satellite in low orbit, establishing itself as a...