DEBT REPAYMENTS LIKELY TO SWELL TO $31B IN NEXT 7 YEARS
Pakistan’s debt in terms of the size of economy is expected to increase further, said the country’s top debt manager on Thursday, as the finance ministry estimates external public...
NEPAL SEEKS CHINESE GRANT TO PREPARE DETAILED REPORT OF RAIL VIA KERUNG
Nepal has sought a Chinese grant to prepare the detailed project report of the Kerung-Kathmandu cross-border railway. A request has already been sent to the Chinese side for consideration.
Officials...
TIME MAGAZINE CALLS MODI ‘DIVIDER IN CHIEF’
American news magazine Time has featured India’s prime minister Narendra Modi on the cover page of its 20 May issue with a headline that may create controversy across the...
SUPREME COURT TO HEAR AYODHYA TITLE APPEALS ON MAY 10
A five-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will convene on Friday to hear the Ayodhya title dispute appeals even as an apex court-appointed mediation committee...
ONE OF THE MASTERMINDS ARRESTED IN SAUDI ARABIA: PRESIDENT
President Maithripala Sirisena said one of the masterminds who orchestrated the Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka was arrested in Saudi Arabia a couple of days ago.
The President...
IRAN MAY EXPEL AFGHAN REFUGEES AS US TIGHTENS SANCTIONS
A senior official from Iran's Foreign Ministry has said millions of Afghan refugees will be expelled from Iran if the sanctions on Tehran are increased.
According to Iranian officials, more...
GOVT FAILURE TO GET PAKISTANI FISHERMEN RELEASED FROM INDIAN JAILS SLAMMED
Fishermen’s Cooperative Society (FCS) chairman Abdul Bar on Thursday said the federal government had failed to get Pakistani fishermen released from Indian prisons despite the fact that it had...
Sri Lanka suspends flight training near biggest air force base
Sri Lanka has suspended flight training near its biggest air force base due to security concerns after suspected Islamist militants killed more than 250 people last month, according to...
Turkey, Sri Lanka to hold talks in Colombo
Political consultations between the Turkish and Sri Lankan Foreign Ministries will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka's commercial capital, on Friday.
The consultations will be chaired by Turkey's Deputy Foreign...
‘ROHINGYA PRESENCE POSING SERIOUS THREAT TO HOST COMMUNITY’
Leading economists and policy analysts have rejected the idea of providing Rohingya people with access to the local labour market in Cox’s Bazar and suggested quick repatriation of the...
AFGHANISTAN HAS CERTAIN LIMITS FOR PEACE TALKS: RABBANI
As the peace efforts are ongoing despite an increasing violence across the country, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani said the legal system of Afghanistan has defined certain...
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS TO REOPEN ON TUESDAY
Colombo Catholic Archdiocese has made arrangements to reopen all private catholic schools on Tuesday, May 14, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malclom Ranjith said today.
Cardinal Ranjith told a media conference...
VISIT LUMBINI YEAR CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED, TARGETS 2.5 MILLION TOURISTS
The Province 5 government on Wednesday announced the launch of Visit Lumbini Year on May 18 with an aim of attracting 2.5 million tourists to the birthplace of Buddha....
MAMATA BANERJEE EXCLUSIVE: MY SLOGAN IS JAI HIND AND VANDE MATARAM NOT JAI SHRI...
Trinamool Congress president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she and her party believes in the slogan 'Jai Hind' and not 'Jai Shri Ram'.
Mamata Banerjee...
10 JEEPS TO SL POLICE FROM CHINA GOVT.
10 Jeeps officially handed over to the Police Department by the Chinese Government last evening (08th) at the Presidential Secretariat, the President Media Division said.
Chinese Ambassador in Sri Lanka...
Need to settle Pakistan’s telecom license issue fast
The license of Telenor Pakistan and Jazz are due to expire on 25 May 2019. Three days ago, they approached the Islamabad High Court asking for “clarity” on the...
Short of officers, Indian army set to make SSC attractive
The armed forces are now close to finalising the long-pending package to make short-service commission (SSC) more attractive for bright youngsters, with measures ranging from grant of paid study...
Sixth round of Taliban-US peace talks end
US and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their sixth round of peace talks on Thursday with “some progress” made on a draft agreement for when foreign troops might withdraw from...
In happy Bhutan, Prime Minister Lotay Tshering is a doctor on Saturdays
It's Saturday in Bhutan and Dr Lotay Tshering has just completed urinary bladder repair surgery on a patient at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital.
But Dr Tshering is...
Ready to return India if not arrested till conviction: Zakir Naik
Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has said he is ready to return to India if the Supreme Court gives an assurance that he would not be arrested till his conviction.
Naik...
Labor agreement between Maldives and Bangladesh to be renewed
The Bangladesh government has made the decision to renew the agreement between the Republic of Maldives and the Government of Bangladesh protecting the rights of Bangladeshi laborers after a...