US vows to ensure Israel's 'qualitative military advantage...
August 25 ,2020
The United States will ensure Israel retains a military advantage in the Middle East under any future US arms deals with the United Ara...
China’s navy drills in 4 regions show ability to counter U...
August 25 ,2020
China is conducting military drills almost simultaneously in four sea regions, a rare move possibly designed to signal its readiness to...
BANGLADESH TO LIFT ROHINGYA INTERNET BAN AS ANNIVERSARY NE...
August 25 ,2020
Bangladesh will lift internet restrictions imposed on nearly a million Rohingya refugees, a senior official said on Monday, ahead of th...
CWC MEETING: SONIA GANDHI TO CONTINUE AS INTERIM CONGRESS...
August 25 ,2020
In Congress circles it was understood that Rahul Gandhi would eventually return as president. The only question was when.
Following a...
How the death of a star reveals the collective psyche of S...
August 25 ,2020
The suicide of a film star in India has caused a stir all over South Asia. Sushant Singh Rajput was a mid-level aspirant for stardom in...
AFGHAN FORCES CAPABLE OF FIGHTING TERRORISM: KHALID
August 25 ,2020
Acting Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid on Monday said the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces, especially the Air Force, have...
India could look at issuing bonds to plug shortfall in def...
August 25 ,2020
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of India could issue bonds to meet any shortfall in resources for the defence budget,...
China, Pakistan may set up Joint Military Commission amid...
August 25 ,2020
China and Pakistan may set up a Joint Military Commission as the two nations are set to further expand bilateral defence cooperation, a...
Bangladesh seeks US$2 billion loan from WB to fund ambitio...
August 25 ,2020
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Should India worry about China's influence in Bangladesh?
August 25 ,2020
The Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla’s surprise visit to Bangladesh on August 18 would not have made as much news...
Rohingya crisis 3 years on: No progress, no peace
August 25 ,2020
Rohingya sell and buy food products in a street market in the Kutupalong refugee camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
Three years ago, m...
Sri Lankan Tamils have not abandoned human rights for econ...
August 25 ,2020
Sri Lanka’s August 5 parliamentary election results are being interpreted by some as an indication that the Tamils of the country...
Nepalis surprised by Indian media’s repeated romance with...
August 25 ,2020
Social media users, as well as others in Nepal, are taken by surprise as Indian media outlets appear to be producing and reproducing ne...
Will fight for return of rights of Kashmiri people, says F...
August 25 ,2020
National Conference (NC) president and former J&K chief minister Farooq Abdullah, who is leading a formation of around six politica...
India's opposition Congress in crisis amid questions over...
August 25 ,2020
India's main opposition Congress was thrown into turmoil on Monday (Aug 24) as a leadership crisis spilled out into the open in the lat...
Myanmar’s military chief urges personnel to vote for ‘corr...
August 25 ,2020
Myanmar’s military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has cautioned his personnel against voting for the wrong candidates in...
Pakistan, Afghanistan to hold key bilateral talks next wee...
August 25 ,2020
Pakistani and Afghan officials will hold a wide range of talks early next week in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul to review cooperati...
India has military options to deal with China if border ta...
August 25 ,2020
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Monday stated that India has “military options” to deal with the Chines...
Another group of Bangladeshis repatriated from Maldives
August 25 ,2020
An additional 199 Bangladeshi nationals have been repatriated.
National airline, Maldivian, said that the 199 individuals were repatri...
Taliban has finalised negotiating team for intra-Afghan ta...
August 25 ,2020
The Taliban chief has finalised a negotiating team that is to have decision-making powers in upcoming intra-Afghan negotiations, a top...
Kabul should work for an all-inclusive political structure...
August 25 ,2020
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