OLI’S STATEMENT HAS HURT THE SENTIMENT OF BILLIONS OF HIND...
July 16 ,2020
The controversy surrounding Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s remarks on the birthplace of Lord Ram continues to draw the attention...
The US is taking on Beijing over the South China Sea, but...
July 16 ,2020
The US Navy’s Nimitz Carrier Strike Force conducts operations in the South China Sea on July 6. Photo: EPA
Most Asean countr...
Xi’s call to Singapore: a subtle ‘reminder’ about the Sout...
July 16 ,2020
The American aircraft carrier USS Ronald Regan in the South China Sea. Photo: EPA
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday...
Trump says 'more white people' killed by police than Black...
July 16 ,2020
President Donald Trump has downplayed police violence against Black people in the United States, saying "more white people" are killed...
Bangladesh LNG power plant backed by $645m in Japanese len...
July 16 ,2020
A power plant in Bangladesh fueled by liquefied natural gas will receive 69 billion yen ($644 million) in loans from public and private...
Indian Army could get carbines from UAE soon
July 16 ,2020
If all goes well, the Indian Army could finally get its hands on new close quarter battle (CQB) carbines, manufactured by a UAE firm, f...
China-Pak JF-17 fighter jet production ramped up
July 16 ,2020
China has ramped up production of JF-17 fighter jet, which was jointly developed with Pakistan. In the first half of 2020, the number o...
How India knowingly dumped Iran
July 16 ,2020
These easily discernible strategic chain reactions were regrettably missed by many experts owing either to unfamiliarity with the guidi...
Nepal PM angers India with Hindu deity claim
July 16 ,2020
A claim by Nepalese Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli that the disputed religious site of Ayodhya was in Nepal, not India, and that the H...
Myanmar: Shattered hopes for peace
July 16 ,2020
In Myanmar, the hopes of ethnic groups for a better future remain overshadowed by conflicts that have smoldered for decades. In the upc...
India's shopping for lightweight tanks post China tussles
July 16 ,2020
The government, amid border tensions with China, has given the army approval for emergency procurement of lightweight tanks that can be...
Sri Lanka's India ties strained as Rajapaksa rethinks port...
July 16 ,2020
Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa, left, has appointed a committee to examine concerns about the East Container Terminal project at Colo...
China says progress made in latest border talks with India
July 16 ,2020
China and India have made progress in their latest talks on a long-running border dispute that turned deadly last month, according to a...
Pakistan begins construction of Diamer Bhasha Dam
July 16 ,2020
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan initiated the construction of one of the country’s largest dams on Wednesday to meet w...
Construction of Bangladesh’s first ever heliport to begin...
July 16 ,2020
Construction work of the country’s first-ever heliport, a dedicated landing facility for helicopters, will begin in 2021.
The Mi...
India cannot win conventional war against Pakistan: AJK pr...
July 16 ,2020
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has said that Pakistan is fully prepared to militarily respond to unlawful ac...
Expats protest near Bangladeshi High Commission in Maldive...
July 16 ,2020
Expatriates have protested near the Bangladeshi High Commission in Male’ City.
The protests were sparked after the expatriates w...
Amid border row, India allows military to speed up weapon...
July 16 ,2020
Amid the border row in Ladakh and worst tensions there since the 1962 India-China war, the government on Wednesday authorised the Armed...
Bangladesh: 50% of virus deaths come from capital Dhaka
July 16 ,2020
Almost 50% of coronavirus deaths in Bangladesh come from the capital Dhaka, according to a new Health Ministry report.
The overcrowded...
A storm in a Tea cup
July 16 ,2020
The conflict in the eastern Himalayas, spanning Nepal and the Darjeeling hills in India, is not over a border line but is between growe...
Nepal: Stunning electoral victory does not guarantee polit...
July 16 ,2020
The Nepalese people gave a resounding mandate --almost a two-third majority--in the Lower House of the Nepalese Parliament in the gener...
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