CYCLONE FANI: DANGER SIGNAL 7 FOR MONGLA, PAYRA MARITIME PORTS
Khulna and adjoining southwestern coastal areas will feel the peripheral effect of the cyclone by Friday morning.
Maritime ports of Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist danger signal...
SL TO OBTAIN US $ 100MN LOAN FROM CHINA FOR PORT CITY
Sri Lanka plans to obtain a US $ 100 million interest-free loan facility from China Development Bank (CDB) to expand the proposed Port Access Elevated Highway to Marine Drive...
ONLY 22 PERCENT OF WORKING-AGE WOMEN ARE EMPLOYED IN NEPAL
Although the population of working-age females in the country is higher than that of males, females still lag far behind when it comes to employment—and the pay gap between...
POMPEO HAILS AZHAR LISTING AS ‘VICTORY FOR AMERICAN DIPLOMACY’
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hailed United Nations’ listing of Jaish-e-Muhmamad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a “victory for American diplomacy”.
Pompeo congratulated his country’s UN mission...
FM QURESHI’S VISIT TO SRI LANKA CANCELLED OVER SECURITY CONCERNS
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s upcoming visit to Sri Lanka and Maldives has been cancelled, diplomatic sources said on Thursday.
The foreign minister was due in Maldives on May 2...
CARDINAL VISITS THE INJURED OF TERROR ATTACK
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith recently visited those who were injured following the Easter Sunday terror attack. The Cardinal is seen blessing the patients who are currently receiving treatments at the...
Daesh gaining foothold in Afghanistan: Russia
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said that Daesh is gaining foothold in Afghanistan to expand into the Central Asia, Russian news agency TASS reported.
Shoigu said Daesh is strengthening...
Cochin shipyard gets 6,311 crores contract for anti-submarine warfare ships
State-run Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) Tuesday signed a Rs. 6,311 crore contract with the Defence Minstry for construction of eight anti-submarine warfare shallow water crafts (ASWSWCs) for the Indian...
Myanmar army extends ceasefire in Kachin, Shan for 2 months
The Myanmar military on Tuesday extended its unilateral ceasefire in five regional commands in Kachin and Shan states for two months on Tuesday, with restive Rakhine State remaining exempt...
Russian President Putin expected to visit Pakistan next month
According to diplomatic sources in Islamabad, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Pakistan next month, Dunya News reported on Tuesday.
Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) in consultation with the...
Sri Lanka names Easter suicide bombers
Sri Lanka's police Wednesday (May 1) named nine people who staged Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 253 people, and said the attackers' assets will be confiscated in line...
India will add 2 more aircraft to strengthen AWACS capabilities
A day before the February 26 air strike by India on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training facility in Balakot in Pakistan, the country’s defence ministry moved the Cabinet Committee on Security...
PAF response to Indian aggression will be remembered as Operation Swift Retort: air chief
Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan on Wednesday revealed that the Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) Feb 27 response to Indian incursions across the Line of Control has been coined...
US military stops counting how much of Afghanistan is controlled by Taliban
The American military command in Afghanistan has halted regular assessments of how many people and districts the government and insurgents there control, it emerged on Wednesday — eliminating what...
Are there warmer currents between Delhi and Beijing after India took part in the...
The participation of two Indian battleships – INS Kolkata and INS Shakti – in the International Fleet Review organised as part of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s 70th anniversary...
PRIME MINISTER SHEIKH HASINA ARRIVES IN LONDON
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached the British capital London tonight on an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK).
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister...
Arakan Army chief cries out in Myanmar
Myanmar’s upstart Arakan Army (AA) has intensified its insurgent operations in recent months, opening a new front of instability in the nation’s long-running ethnic civil wars.
The armed conflict has...
THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM HAVE ONLY INCREASED IN NEPAL, SAYS REPORT
Nepal has become increasingly intolerant of journalists, with an increased number of attacks against them and growing digital surveillance of reporters, according to a new report by a civil...
As US sanctions kick in, Indian refiners brace for costly crude
With US sanctions on Iran and Venezuela coming into effect on 2 May and Saudi Arabia restraining crude oil output, Indian refiners have started looking for sources of new...
PAKISTAN SUMMONS AFGHAN DIPLOMAT OVER CROSS-BORDER TERRORIST ATTACK
Pakistan on Wednesday lodged a strong protest by summoning the Afghan Charge d’ Affaires to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after three soldiers were martyred in a cross-border terrorist...
Did Modi use Akshay to neutralise political Frankenstein(s)?
I am still reeling from Prime Minister Modi’s iconic, monumental (no, HE is not going to be happy with only two bombastic adjectives, so here goes a third), and...