SOME 10,000 RUSSIAN TROOPS IN UKRAINE'S LUHANSK REGION
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
A satellite image shows damaged buildings and a tank on a road, in Lyman, Ukraine May 25, 2022. Picture taken May 25, 2022. Satellite image 2022 Max...
JAPAN TO ALLOW LETHAL DEFENCE EQUIPMENT EXPORTS TO INDIA,...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Japan’s decision comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida agreed to enhance bilateral security...
GOTA GO GAMA AT GALLE FACE MARKS 50 DAYS
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
The Gota Go Gama protest site at Galle Face marks 50 days today (Saturday).
The protest began on 9th April after Sri Lanka suffered a serious economi...
RUSSIA AND CHINA BLOCK UN STATEMENT ON MYANMAR CRISIS
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
China and Russia blocked the UN Security Council from issuing a statement Friday expressing concern at the violence and serious humanitarian situation...
FORTY-FIVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DETAINED BY THE SRI LANKA NA...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Forty-five illegal immigrants have been detained by the Sri Lanka Navy in the southern and western seas.
The immigrants were detained in two suspicio...
GAFFAR CHOWDHURY’S BODY BROUGHT BACK HOME FROM LONDON
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
The body of the noted journalist and columnist Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury has been brought to Bangladesh from London.
Remains of the "Amar Bhaier Rokte R...
'Stop playing’ with Russia, end war: Ukraine's Zelensky te...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
A young boy sits in front of a damaged building after a strike in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on May 25, 2022. PHOTO: AFP
KYIV : President Volodymy...
Biden's Indo-Pacific framework cannot succeed without Chin...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Joe Biden at the launch event of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework in Tokyo on May 23: Formal cooperation with China on green infrastructure under...
Bangladesh needs preferential trade terms beyond 2026, PM...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses Nikkei's Future of Asia forum with a video message on May 27.
TOKYO -- Bangladesh last year gai...
India has no plans to curb rice exports as local supplies...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Labourers unload rice bags from a supply truck at India’s main rice port at Kakinada Anchorage in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India,...
Senior US senator questions White House support for Myanma...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
US Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell has questioned whether President Biden’s administration is willing to help Myanmar, saying the US&rs...
Pakistan, Indian diplomats clash at UN over Kashmir
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Pakistan Permanent Representative to the UN Munir Akram told an open Council debate that the crime-terrorist nexus varied across different contexts....
Lankan party leaders agree to replace 20th. Amendment by t...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Ranil Wickremesighe addressing leaders of all parties
Colombo: The leaders of Sri Lanka’s political parties on Friday agreed to repla...
UN working group against enforced disappearances
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Adiba Islam Hridi breaks into tears while asking for her father Parvez Hossain, to be returned. Mayer Daak, a platform of the families of the people...
Myanmar situation continues to remain unsafe for civilians...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
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Bangladesh is concerned that the situation in Myanmar continues to remain unsafe for civilians, especially for the ethnic and rel...
China, Russia strengthen ties over Far East seas with bomb...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
A Russian TU-95 bomber. Two TU-95 aircraft were involved in the May 24 joint patrol with China. (Japanese Ministry of Defense via Reuters)
TOKYO...
INDIA AND JAPAN TO COOPERATE TO ADDRESS CRISIS IN SRI LANK...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
India and Japan have decided to cooperate to address the crisis in Sri Lanka, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.
The agreement was reached at a meet...
SEVEN INDIAN TROOPS KILLED IN ACCIDENT NEAR DISPUTED BORDE...
May 28, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
At least seven Indian soldiers were killed and 19 others injured in a road accident in the remote Ladakh region, close to the country's disputed borde...
UNHCR WORRIED OVER FUNDS FOR ROHINGYA
May 27, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi expressed his deep concern over funds for the Rohingyas.
He fears it could b...
GERMANY, US ENERGY PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES AGREEMENTS ON OFF-...
May 27, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
An energy partnership between Germany and the United States includes expanding off-shore wind power generation and co-operation on using hydrogen in i...
INDIAN NOVEL 'TOMB OF SAND', TRANSLATED FROM HINDI, WINS B...
May 27, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian writer to win the International Booker Prize.
Her novel Tomb of Sand, a family saga set in the shadow of...
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