Daily Archives: May 20, 2019

INDIAN REBELS SENTENCED BY MYANMAR COURT

After launching a crackdown on camps belonging to northeast-based separatist groups in Myanmar, Hkamti District Court in the Sagaing region of Myanmar has sentenced 24 rebels from Assam and...

ISIS INFLUENCE GROWING IN SOUTH INDIA, PARTICULARLY KERALA: SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING FIRMS

The influence of ISIS propaganda has been growing across South India, particularly in Kerala, over the last four years, according to two private social media monitoring companies. The numbers are...

FOUR MORE KILLED IN ‘GUNFIGHTS’

Four people were killed in what the law enforcement called separate incidents of gunfights in Dhaka, Chattogram and Cumilla early Monday, reports UNB. In Dhaka, two persons were killed in...

US, LANKA AGREE TO EXPAND DEFENCE TIES

The United States and Sri Lanka have agreed to expand military-to-military cooperation, the governments announced in a joint statement issued following high level talks in Washington. In accordance with the...

PAKISTAN NEEDS DIPLOMATIC PUSH TO EXIT FATF GREY LIST

Apart from technical compliance, Pakistan needs to launch an aggressive diplomatic effort over the next four weeks to secure enough support and votes to exit the grey list of...

Count on democracy

With the seventh phase of polling for the 17th general election over, the anxious wait is now for counting day. The election dates were announced on March 10, and...

CHANDRABABU NAIDU TO MEET MAMATA; DISCUSS POST-POLL ALLIANCE

Notwithstanding the exit polls results that have given a clear victory to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Andhra Pradesh and Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu will...

GDP GROWTH TO REMAIN IN 2.4-2.7% RANGE FOR FY19

The real economy is sliding day by day. Recent statistics of large-scale manufacturing (LSM) index from July 2018 to March 2019 have shown a negative growth of 3%. The...

Remembering Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

It is said that memory is selective. Add to that the fact that it could also be selectively short. It is somewhat ironic that many Bengalis, now greatly agitated...

Kashmir group seeks UN probe into torture by India troops

A prominent rights group in Indian-controlled Kashmir is advocating for the United Nations to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate what it calls the endemic use of torture...

Thousands march in Rakhine to demand end of fighting

Thousands of people, including monks, marched on Sunday in Sittwe township in Rakhine State calling for an end to the fighting between the Tatmadaw (military) and Arakan Army (AA). The...

OUR INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ARE CAPABLE OF TACKLING RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM: PREZ

The separatist terrorism, waged for 26 years by the LTTE could not be defeated even by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) comprising 100,000 soldiers but was defeated by...

COMMITTEE FORMED TO SOLVE TENSION OVER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER

A committee of 15 lawmakers was formed on Sunday to solve the tension over the election of Mir Rahman Rahmani as Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House...

EXIT POLL RESULTS PREDICT A COMFORTABLE WIN FOR NDA

The poll of exit polls are predicting a comfortable win for the NDA with over 300 seats in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. The BJP and its allies...

BNP ANNOUNCES 2-DAY PROGRAM ON PUBLIC ISSUES

The BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) has announced a two-day program to demand that the government ensure fair prices of paddy and clear all the arrears of jute mill workers. BNP...

NO OIL, GAS RESERVES FOUND OFF PAKISTAN SHORE

The 17th attempt to find hydrocarbons off the shore of Pakistan has been futile as no oil and gas reserves have been found. Around four months ago, Italian firm ENI,...

GAME OF ONE-UPMANSHIP BEGINS IN RULING PARTY AS POWER PLAY INTENSIFIES

When two leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party—Pushpa Kamal Dahal And Ishwor Pokhrel—sparred over ideological issues at a public function last week, many saw it as the beginning...

Pak Army to raise another division to protect CPEC projects

The Pakistan Army will raise another division-size special force to protect Chinese nationals and projects under the CPEC, military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor has said, days after the...

India, Singapore conduct naval drill in the South China Sea

The navies of India and Singapore conducted their bilateral naval drill in the South China Sea on Sunday, the Navy said. The bilateral naval drill will be conducted until...

Maldives’ import revenue increased in April

Import duty revenue collected by the Maldives Customs Service in April reached MVR300 million (US$19 million), an increase of 14 percent compared to the same period last year. Some MVR4.1...