Turkey’s tilt toward Pakistan provokes India’s ire
August 29 ,2020
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is faced with a potential new foe, India, a close ally of Israel, that is loud...
A year after Assam’s NRC released, citizenship of two mill...
August 29 ,2020
It has been a year since Assam published its updated National Register of Citizens, meant to be a list of Indian citizens living in the...
Enforced disappearances plague Myanmar’s Chin state
August 29 ,2020
The war between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army in Paletwa, one of Myanmar’s westernmost townships, has been raging for five yea...
India's police 'complicit' in anti-Muslim riots, alleges A...
August 29 ,2020
Police in Delhi were "complicit and an active participant" in the February violence in which 53 people, mostly Muslims, were killed, ac...
Pakistan blames India for obstructing ICJ verdict implemen...
August 29 ,2020
The Foreign Office on Thursday accused India of blocking the implementation of International Court of Justice’s verdict in spy Ku...
New rules for J&K: Lt. Gov more powerful than CM
August 29 ,2020
India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday notified new rules for administration in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmi...
Nepal’s new aviation policy’ll let private individuals own...
August 29 ,2020
The government of Nepal is introducing a new aviation policy that allows private individuals and companies own and operate aircraft for...
India and Russia in talks over co-manufacturing Sputnik V
August 29 ,2020
Russia, a traditional ally of India, appears keen to collaborate in manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, which it claims is th...
Pakistan jails 3 accused of financing Mumbai attacks
August 29 ,2020
A court in Pakistan has sentenced to prison three leaders of Jamat-ud-Dawa, an organisation accused by India and the United States of m...
3,000 Indians return home from Bangladesh
August 29 ,2020
After more than five months, the people with Indian passports stranded in Bangladesh have started to return home.
Since Au...
Myanmar's ruling NLD rejects calls to ditch Muslim candida...
August 29 ,2020
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The National League for Democracy (NLD) says it is standing by its Muslim candidate, despite complaints from near...
Nepal to host SAARC Council of Ministers' meeting virtuall...
August 29 ,2020
Nepal will host a virtual meeting of the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Council of Ministers in the third wee...
Sri Lanka bans imports of plastic products, move to hit In...
August 29 ,2020
Sri Lanka on Friday decided to ban the import of plastic products in a bid to protect the environment and wildlife, a move likely to hi...
Opposition hold rallies protesting "selling off Maldives"
August 29 ,2020
The opposition coalition of Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and People's National Congress (PNC) hosted demonstrations in different...
Enter the Dragon, Exit the Tiger
August 29 ,2020
Back in 1976, there was a Bruce Lee blockbuster, Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger. Over four decades on, tables have seemed to have tur...
CHINA-BACKED AIIB APPROVES $100 MILLION LOAN TO BANGLADESH...
August 29 ,2020
Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Friday it would lend $100 million to Bangladesh to help the country...
China-US ‘de-coupling’ will shake Asia too
August 29 ,2020
While this remains to be seen whether the US would actually ‘de-couple’ from China or not, a decision involving ‘de...
Vaccine: Bangladesh approves Sinovac's final-stage human t...
August 28 ,2020
The Sheikh Hasina government on Thursday granted approval for the final-stage human trial in Bangladesh of a candidate Covid-19 vaccine...
DHAKA, TOKYO SIGN GRANT DEALS TO SUPPORT PRIMARY EDUCATION
August 28 ,2020
Bangladesh and Japan on Thursday signed exchange of notes and grant agreements on “Japanese Grant Aid for the Fourth Primary Educ...
INDIA WILLING TO RESTORE AIR CONNECTIVITY WITH BANGLADESH
August 28 ,2020
Indian high commissioner Riva Ganguly on Thursday placed a proposal to civil aviation ministry in Dhaka for initiating air bubble betwe...
CORONAVIRUS HITS ISOLATED INDIAN TRIBE
August 28 ,2020
Ten members of India's dwindling Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said yesterday, fuelling co...
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Takeaways from the Indian elections: an overview
Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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Pandemic has sharpened geo-political conflicts
The Corona pandemic that the world is struggling with for the second year now has brought home to us some truths about ourselves. The first thing is that...
