SRI LANKA BLOCKS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AFTER MUSLIM SHOPS, MOSQUES ATTACKED
The Sri Lankan government said on Monday (May 13) that it was temporarily blocking some social media networks and messaging apps, including Facebook and WhatsApp, after violent incidents in...
PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR CHINA
President Maithripala Sirisena left for China on a three-day official visit this morning.
He will be attending the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations in Beijing.
A 27-member delegation accompanied the...
MODI LOOKALIKE SAYS HE FACES ANGER WHEREVER HE GOES
Narendra Modi who won the prime minister position in the 2014 election, arrive for an election campaign event in Mumbai. His white beard neatly trimmed and a sleeveless jacket...
CONGRESS BANNED KISHORE KUMAR SONGS ON AIR: MODI
Accusing the Congress of indulging in the politics of oppression, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reminded the people of the days of the Emergency when the songs of...
NO MAJOR STEP ON PEACE PROCESS: ABDULLAH
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in the Council of Ministers meeting on Monday said that “no major step has been taken on the peace process so far”, referring to recent...
ALICE WELLS HOLDS TALKS WITH AFGHAN LEADERS
The US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells met with Afghan leaders in Kabul and discussed issues around US-Afghan Civilians Assistance Review...
‘50% DHAKA’S TRANSPORT WORKERS SHORT-SIGHTED’
Amid glaring examples of unruliness in Dhaka’s transport sector, a new study claims that 50 per cent of public transport workers are short-sighted.
The study, conducted on 1,200 public transport...
FUND DIVERSION WILL NOT IMPACT AFGHAN FORCES: ANDARABI
The Acting Minister of Interior Massoud Andarabi on Sunday said that the diversion of the money designated for Afghanistan will not have any significant impacts on the situation in...
PAKISTAN REACHES AGREEMENT WITH IMF, TO RECEIVE $6 BILLION OVER 3 YEARS
The technical teams of the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement on a bailout package for Pakistan, Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue...
THREE TERRORISTS KILLED, SOLDIER AMONG 5 MARTYRED IN GWADAR ATTACK: ISPR
Pakistan Army’s media wing on Sunday announced that three terrorists were killed and five people, which include four hotel workers and a Pakistan Navy soldier, were martyred in the...
AFTER LABOUR DEAL, JAPANESE EMPLOYERS ARE COMING FORWARD TO HIRE NEPALI WORKERS
Nearly two months after Nepal and Japan signed a labour agreement in Kathmandu, Japanese employers have started showing interest in hiring Nepali workers.
Although formal negotiations between officials from both...
MYANMAR PLANE SAFELY LANDED ON ITS NOSE AFTER LANDING GEAR FAILURE
A Myanmar pilot safely landed a passenger jet without its front wheels on Sunday, after landing gear on the Myanmar National Airlines plane failed to deploy, the airline and...
US offers to sell THAAD defence system to India as alternative to Russian S-400s
The United States has offered Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and Patriot Advance Capability (PAC-3) missile defence systems to India in as an alternative to Russian S-400s, a...
Bangladesh’s trade deficit shrinks to 11.93 bln USD in 3 quarters
Bangladesh's trade deficit shrank to 11.93 billion U.S. dollars in the first three quarters of the current 2018-19 fiscal year (July 2018-June 2019) as the growth in exports outpaced...
Bhutanese exporters to visit Bangladesh to sort out boulder issue
A team comprising of boulder exporters and officials from the Bhutan Exporters Association (BEA) will travel to Nakugoan in Bangladesh on May 13 to resolve the ongoing boulders export...
Nepal Police sets up two bureaus
Nepal Police has set up its Cyber Investigation Bureau at Bhotahity and the Human Trafficking Control Bureau at Babarmahal.
These bureaus started operating from Bhotahity and Babarmahal from today, May...
Regional infrastructure needed to combat terror: Maldives’ Defense Minister
Maldives’ Defence Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi has expressed concern on the dangers posed by religious extremists to the south-east Asian region.
In an email interview to Indian media 'The Hindu',...
Iranian team to visit Pakistan for gas pipeline talks
A delegation from Tehran will visit Islamabad soon to discuss the stalled multibillion-dollar Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, an official said on Sunday.
“The delegation will visit Pakistan before Eidul Fitr....
Sri Lanka imposes curfew in Chilaw after communal clashes
Sri Lankan police on Sunday imposed a curfew with immediate effect in the western coastal town of Chilaw due to a tense situation arose in the town.
The curfew will...
The great divider of India is now dividing its armed forces
In 2015, TIME magazine featured Narendra Modi on its cover with the title, “Why Modi Matters”. Its hope, expressed in the headline of its story, was that he would...
Addressing the Rohingya crisis: whose responsibility is it?
It has been almost 21 months since the influx of about 750,000 Rohingyas to Bangladesh began in August 2017. Gradually, it is becoming clear to us that the Rohingyas...