EASTER BOMBS HAD EXPLOSIVES NOT USED BEFORE BY LTTE OR MILITARY, SOURCE
The explosives used by the suicide bombers for the Easter Sunday attacks, had been improvised by the terrorists which neither the military nor the LTTE had used before, sources...
BNP TO CONTEST BY-POLLS TO FAKHRUL’S SEAT
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will participate in the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary seat, which fell vacant after party's secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir decided not to take oath...
STOP HATEFUL ATTACKS IN SL BEFORE THINGS ESCALATE: UN
All parties in Sri Lanka should take appropriate action to immediately stop hateful attacks in order to prevent recent violence from being escalated even further, the UN said on...
6 MILITANTS KILLED IN FARAH OPERATION: OFFICIALS
At least sixteen Taliban militants were killed in an operation carried out by Afghan forces in Farah province, local officials said on Tuesday.
According to the officials, the operation was...
SECOND ATTACK IN THREE DAYS ROCKS BALOCHISTAN
At least four police personnel were martyred and 12 others, including some policemen, wounded in a blast near a mosque in the Satellite Town area of the provincial capital...
To the final lap: on Lok Sabha polls
With Sunday’s sixth phase of polling, voters in 483 of the 543 Lok Sabha constituencies have voted. The electoral process has been a mirror to both India’s failings and...
CENTRE EXTENDS BAN ON LTTE
Centre extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Tuesday for violent and disruptive activities which are prejudicial to the integrity and sovereignty of India....
IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JAVAD ZARIF VISITS INDIA AS US SANCTIONS WEIGH IN
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived on Monday night in New Delhi to hold talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj primarily on the impact of the US...
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAY THEY WERE UNAWARE OF NEPALI LAWMAKERS’ VISIT TO EUROPE TO ATTEND...
Nepal’s official One-China policy has come under serious scrutiny after two Members of Parliament recently participated in an event organised by the Latvian Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet and...
INDIA REQUESTS PAKISTAN TO HALT ARTILLERY FIRE ALONG LOC
The Indian army has requested Pakistan to stop the use of artillery fire after it suffered heavy losses in the recent military standoff between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, official...
KASHMIR CHILD RAPE FUELS CALL FOR SHARIAH LAW
The rape of a three-year-old girl in Kashmir last week triggered violent protests in the Valley on Monday and prompted a rare call for the imposition of Shariah law...
SRI LANKA’S ANTI-MUSLIM RIOTS CLAIM FIRST DEATH
A Muslim mas was slashed to death in Sri Lanka Monday, police said after imposing a nationwide curfew to contain a violent new backlash against Easter suicide bombings.
The 45-year-old...
KHALEDA TRIAL TO BE HELD AT MAKESHIFT COURT IN KERANIGANJ JAIL
The government has decided to hold the trial of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in 17 cases inside the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj after setting up a makeshift court...
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SUGGEST CARETAKER GOVT AFTER MAY 22
At least 12 out of 18 presidential candidates on Monday unanimously suggested the establishment of a caretaker government in Afghanistan, arguing that the suggestion is the “best option” to...
CHINESE FIRM SIGNS CONTRACT TO BUILD DRY PORT IN TIMURE
Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board on Sunday signed an agreement with Tibet Fuli Construction Group Company Limited, a Chinese company, to construct the inland container depot at Timure of...
KCR’S PUSH FOR DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER? INSIDE DETAILS OF MEET WITH STALIN
K Chandrasekhara Rao, who has been meeting with various political leaders ahead of the national election results, could be angling for a big role in the next government, but...
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...
PM OLI’S CLAIM THAT KATHMANDU IS ‘DUST FREE’ IS FAR FROM REALITY
In Parliament last week, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli claimed that Kathmandu “now has become a dust-free city” and that no one uses masks these days.
His remarks—which starkly contrasts...
India watchful as Chinese navy launches two new guided missile destroyers
China, which is developing its navy at a feverish pace, has commissioned two more guided missile destroyers taking the total of such warships to 20 with more in the...
Lockheed Martin says it won’t sell F-21 jets to any other country if IAF...
US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin says it will not sell its newly rolled out F-21 fighter jet to any other country if India places an order for 114 planes,...
Bhutan’s outstanding external debt at Nu 184B
The total outstanding external debt of Bhutan has increased to Nu 184 billion (B) this March from Nu 172B in March last year, on account of increased hydropower loan...