INDIA, FRANCE BEGIN JOINT NAVAL EXCERCISE ALONG GOA COAST
The navies of India and France began joint military exercise, 'Varuna' on Monday along the Goa coast.
The exercise will be conducted in two phases. The first phase will be...
ALL EXTREMISTS LINKED TO EASTER BOMBINGS KILLED OR ARRESTED, SAYS SRI LANKA’S TOP COP
All extremists linked to Easter bombings killed or arrested, says Sri Lanka’s top cop
In a joint media interaction Sri Lanka’s military chiefs and acting IGP say all explosives have...
CARDINAL CALLS FOR CLOSURE OF ALL LIQUOR SHOPS IN NEGOMBO AREA UNTIL NORMALCY IS...
Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith requested the Government to close all liquor shops in the Negombo area until the situation which arose on Sunday subsides.
He said...
SINGAPORE DOMESTIC WORKER TRAINING CENTRE TO OPEN IN MYANMAR
A Singapore non-profit organisation is in talks with the Myanmar government to set up a skills training centre in Myanmar for women who wish to be employed as domestic...
REUTERS REPORTERS JAILED IN MYANMAR FREED AFTER OVER 500 DAYS
Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after...
Pakistan may get access to Israeli Iron Dome technology
Israeli Iron Dome is a state of art technology designed to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from shot distances. Iron Dome protects the country from...
New political party set up in Nepal
Nepal's former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and incumbent Deputy Prime Minister Upendra Yadav announced the establishment of a new political party under their joint leadership with the ideology of...
ANDALEEVE’S BJP QUITS BNP-LED 20-PARTY ALLIANCE
Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) has left the BNP-led 20 party alliance after two decades citing several reasons including BNP MPs-elect oath taking.
BJP chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partho confirmed this to...
OFFICIALS WORKING ON PRESIDENT GHANI’S TO VISIT PAKISTAN
A day after President Ashraf Ghani was invited by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit Pakistan, a senior official from the President’s Office on Monday said that diplomats...
DON’T CONSIDER MODI AS PM, HENCE DIDN’T SIT FOR MEETING OVER CYCLONE: MAMATA BANERJEE
Hours after Narendra Modi claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not respond to his requests for talks over Cyclone Fani, the TMC supremo on Monday said...
How to sink a $3 billion dollar submarine: Forgetting to close a hatch
“Arihant is the most important platform within India’s nuclear triad covering land-air-sea modes,” the Hindu reports. Well, it’s important if it works — and it probably helps to make...
US commerce secretary: Govt cannot ensure cheaper US oil sales to India
The US government will not ensure sale of its oil to India at cheaper rates as the commodity is controlled by private companies, US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross said...
Myanmar village in army lockdown ‘running out of food’
Villagers in Myanmar's conflict-hit Rakhine state said on Monday (May 6) that they are facing food shortages after being hemmed in for nearly a week by the military, which...
RS.140MN CASH, RS.7BN WORTH OF ASSETS OF TERRORISTS IDENTIFIED
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has identified more than Rs.140 million in cash and other assets worth over Rs.7 billion belonging to the terrorists involved in the Easter Sunday...
Pakistan FM denies report of Chinese military base
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday rejected a Pentagon report that claimed Beijing is planning to build a military base in his country in order to protect...
Bangladesh’s China-India balance
While China’s domination of the telecommunications industry in Asia has become a fact of life, the world power has established a foothold in another sector in Bangladesh: the energy...
SEX HARASSMENT CHARGES AGAINST CHIEF JUSTICE BASELESS: INDIAN TOP COURT PANEL
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has been cleared by a panel of three judges of allegations of sexually harassing a former court employee. There is "no substance" in...
In Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama, voters prefer to stay indoors
Deserted roads and empty polling booths marked the last of the three phases of parliamentary polls to the Anantnag constituency in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama districts on...
Why India needs to keep a close eye on the progress in the US-Taliban...
US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, is in Delhi on May 6-7 to update Indian officials on the current status of his negotiations with the Taliban, and...
Sri Lanka sends troops to keep peace as communal tensions rise
Sri Lanka has deployed additional troops to the city of Negombo, one of the sites of the Easter Sunday bombings, as tensions remain high after clashes late Sunday between...
Myanmar’s ultra-nationalist monk calls for military lawmakers to be ‘worshipped’
U Wirathu, a firebrand nationalist monk has again sparked controversy by comparing military-appointed lawmakers to the Buddha at a rally on Sunday.
Speaking in front of Yangon City Hall at...