Sri Lanka eyes Rajapaksa successor: 5 things about life af...
July 16 ,2022
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By: Munza Mushtaq
Dawn breaks over Sri Lanka's blockaded presidential secretariat in Colombo on the morning of July 15, when President Gotabaya...
Why is there a gas crisis in a country that is gas-rich?
July 16 ,2022
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By: Badrul Imam
Bangladesh, at present, has enough power generation capacity to claim that its "electricity to all" campaign is a success, and to make...
In debt and out of favour, Pakistan is struggling to patch...
July 16 ,2022
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By: Abdul Basit
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif speaks to reporters in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 14. Photo: Xinhua
After Saudi Arabia,...
Myanmar refugees in Thailand endure resettlement wait
July 8 ,2022
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By: Emily Fishbein
Refugees, who have fled a flare-up in fighting between the Myanmar military and armed groups, bathe in the river waters on the Thai-M...
US building its most advanced nuclear ballistic sub
June 18 ,2022
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By: Gabriel honrada
The old-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson transits the Hood Canal as it returns home to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor...
India and China quibble over trade figures
June 12 ,2022
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By: Nirmala Ganapathy
Cargo containers stacked at a port in Lianyungang in China's eastern Jiangsu province on May 9, 2022. PHOTO: AFP
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India police crack down on protests against Prophet remark...
June 12 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Muslims hold a banner during a protest demanding the arrest of suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma for her insulting comments against...
'Rajapaksa said Modi insisted on Adani for power project',...
June 12 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Gautam Adani, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photos: PTI)
New Delhi: The...
Insulting Prophet Muhammad is straight out of the BJP play...
June 10 ,2022
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By: Apoorvanand
Indian Muslims shout slogans as they react to the derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad made by top officials in th...
Killings tear Kashmir's fragile social fabric in test for...
June 7 ,2022
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By: Quratulain Rehbar
A member of India's Central Reserve Police Force stands guard in Srinagar, Kashmir, in late May. © Reuters
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The droopy rupee: Can India's currency be revived?
June 7 ,2022
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By: Kiran Sharma
NEW DELHI -- India's central bank is expected to announce another rise in interest rates at the end of a three-day policy meeting that...
Beyond Sri Lanka, economic cyclone bears down on South Asi...
June 7 ,2022
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By: Karan Mehrishi
MUMBAI -- For over a decade, Mattias Martinsson has been investing in frontier economies, including Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka....
New report traces activities of US-based Hindutva groups o...
May 31 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America event in Texas. Photo: Facebook/Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America
New Delhi: For nearly two...
Hoping for a Chinese rescue
May 31 ,2022
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By: Afshan Subohi
Desperate times call for drastic measures. By increasing petroleum prices the government hopes to dodge sovereign default, salvage the...
Is Bangladesh paying for her hospitality towards Rohingya...
May 31 ,2022
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By: Mohammad Shahedul Anam Khan
Rohingya refugees walk toward refugee camps in Palang Khali, Bangladesh, on Oct 19, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS
DHAKA : As if a mill...
A bleak future awaits Pakistan if politics and economics c...
May 31 ,2022
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By: Maleeha Lodhi
May 25 presented a sorry spectacle of street clashes and a government-opposition showdown that plunged the capital into chaos. Bet...
Collective Amnesia, Grudges and India's 'Lost' Glory: Eigh...
May 30 ,2022
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By: Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
PM Narendra Modi. In the background is a bulldozer at Delhi's Jahangirpuri. Photos: PTI.
New Delhi: Some believe him to be a moder...
The new ideology of politics
May 30 ,2022
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By: Vir Sanghvi
Illustration: Binay Sinha
Does ideology have any place in Indian politics? One knee-jerk response, I guess, would be to...
Lankan PM proposes sweeping changes in Lanka’s governance...
May 30 ,2022
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By: P.K. Balachandran
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Colombo: The Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday proposed sweeping change...
How Bangladesh has surged past India on road to South Asia...
May 30 ,2022
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By: Syed Munir Khasru
Workers adjusts fasteners during construction of the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar railway line in Ramu, Bangladesh, on May 17. Phot...
BIMSTEC searches for a bigger role in the Indo-Pacific
May 28 ,2022
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By: Nazia Hussain
After a two-year COVID-19 induced delay, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) c...