SRI LANKA TO REPAY DEBTS AFTER SIX MONTHS: GOVERNOR
May 23 ,2022
Sri Lanka will take at least six more months to start repaying its debts, the central bank said Thursday as the governm...
DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK ROADS IN SEVERAL AREAS DEMANDING GAS
May 23 ,2022
Demonstrators blocked roads in several areas today demanding cooking gas.
Protests were staged along the Mattakkuliya – Pettah m...
CHINA 'FLIRTING WITH DANGER', US WILL DEFEND TAIWAN IF INV...
May 23 ,2022
President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States would defend Taiwan militarily if Beijing invaded the self-ruled island, warning Chi...
RUSSIA HAS OFFERED TO SELL CRUDE OIL TO BANGLADESH: NASRUL
May 23 ,2022
Russia has offered to sell crude oil to Bangladesh, said State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.
He made...
ROHINGYAS ENTERING FROM INDIA: DHAKA SENDS ‘NOTE VERBALE’...
May 23 ,2022
Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar, BangladeshFile photo
Bangladesh has asked India to take measures to halt entry of th...
IMRAN KHAN PRAISES INDIA FOR BUYING DISCOUNTED OIL FROM RU...
May 23 ,2022
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Saiyna Bashi...
BANGLADESH TO DONATE TK1 CRORE FOR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN...
May 23 ,2022
In view of the current acute food and other commodities crises in Afghanistan, the Government of Bangladesh has decided to send a cash...
MILITARY REMAINS ON STANDBY TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER
May 23 ,2022
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reissued a gazette notice ensuring the military remains on standby to maintain law and order.
The gaz...
In the wake of Russian victory in Mariupol
May 23 ,2022
Azov fighter posing in front of Nazi posters, Mariupol, Ukraine
Thank God, Russia eschews any triumphalism over the surrender...
What Australia’s new government will do
May 23 ,2022
“Tonight, the Australian people have voted for change,” declared Australia’s new prime minister, Anthony Albanes...
Anthony Albanese sworn in as Australia’s prime minister ah...
May 23 ,2022
Newly sworn-in Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) shakes hands with Australian Governor-General David Hurley in Canber...
Penang's architectural gems collected in new book
May 23 ,2022
Dr Jon Lim's second book, The Penang House: Rise Of The Malaysian Architect, 1887-2017, has just been released in bookstores. PH...
How can India fulfil its defence requirements in a post-Uk...
May 23 ,2022
As summer sets in Leh and Kargil, the two areas have yet again risen to prominence. The work on Zojila tunnel in the west is in focus w...
Taliban enforces order for Afghan women TV anchors to cove...
May 23 ,2022
TV anchor Khatereh Ahmadi wears a face covering as she presents the news on TOLO NEWS, in Kabul, Afghanistan [Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Ph...
Shyam Benegal responds to criticism of ‘Mujib: The Making...
May 23 ,2022
Arifin Shuvoo stars as Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation&r...
India trims tax on gasoline and diesel to fight inflation
May 23 ,2022
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NEW DELHI : India's F...
Head of Myanmar’s military government begins peace talks w...
May 23 ,2022
Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw in Ma...
Pakistan: Ousted PM Imran Khan calls for march on Islamaba...
May 23 ,2022
Khan claims the United States wanted him removed because of his foreign policy choices in favour of Russia and China [Akhtar Soomro/R...
The second coming of Nato
May 23 ,2022
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In November 2019, from the salon doré of the Élysée Palace, where C...
India’s once-vaunted statistical infrastructure is crumbli...
May 23 ,2022
The modern Indian state has a proud statistical heritage. Soon after the country gained independence in 1947, the government resol...
Mughals are the latest villains of BJP and the Hindutva br...
May 23 ,2022
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