India army chief threatens to invade Azad Kashmir
January 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Newly-appointed Indian army chief, General Manoj Mukund. PHOTO: FILE
The new Indian army chief, Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane, continu...
Shahriar Alam cancels India visit amid citizenship law ten...
January 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Deputy Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Shahriar Alam has cancelled his visit to India amid tension over Citizenship Amendment Act....
Bangladesh economic growth may slow to 7.8% in FY20: Fitch...
January 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The projected growth rate is 0.4 percentage points below the government projection of 8.2 percent for the fiscal year 2019-20
Banglade...
Indian protesters condemn Modi visit as citizenship law de...
January 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Thousands of angry protesters took to the streets to tell India's leader he was unwelcome in Kolkata on Saturday, in the latest rally a...
Purchased from China, 2 warships dock in Bangladeshi port
January 11 ,2020
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By: Kamran Reza Chowdhury
Two warships that Bangladesh purchased from China arrived in the South Asian nation on Thursday, officials said, less than three months...
No blanket waiver for India on S-400 buy: Senior US offici...
January 11 ,2020
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By: Franz-Stefan Gady
India will not receive a blanket sanction waiver should it proceed with purchasing the Russian-made Almaz-Antei S-400 Triumf air defens...
Pakistan, Russia agree to launch joint efforts to restore...
January 11 ,2020
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By: Naveed Siddiqui
Following the escalation in tensions between the United States and Iran, Pakistan and Russia have agreed to launch joint efforts to res...
India's top court orders review of Kashmir internet shutdo...
January 11 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
India's Supreme Court on Friday ordered authorities to review the suspension of internet services in Indian-administered Kashmir within...
US deploys 6 B-52 Stratofortress bombers to Indian Ocean I...
January 10 ,2020
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By: Franz-Stefan Gady
The United States Air Force (USAF) is sending six B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers to the island of Diego Garcia located in the c...
Pakistan ‘wants to play its role’ for peace in Middle East
January 10 ,2020
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By: Saima Shabbir
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi
Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated on Thursday that the country wa...
India doesn’t need CAA, NPR, NRIC, say over 100 former bur...
January 10 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Over 100 former bureaucrats in an open letter on Thursday have said there was no need for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the Na...
India’s ban on imports of refined palm oil could kill Nepa...
January 10 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
India on Wednesday imposed restrictions on imports of refined palm oil, in a move seen as a retaliation against Malaysia, but its reper...
CAA unconstitutional, appalled by Attack on JNU, says Amar...
January 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Tuesday claimed that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act violates constitutional provisions.
“The CAA...
Pakistan launches diplomatic offensive to seek de-escalati...
January 9 ,2020
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By: Kamran Yousaf
Pakistan has decided to launch a diplomatic initiative as part of its efforts to seek de-escalation in tensions in the Middle East afte...
Western Union 'cuts ties' with Myanmar military's bank
January 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A leading global money transfer service Western Union has stopped using a military-owned bank as one of its agents in Myanmar, rights g...
In a first, China & Pakistan navies deploy submarines in s...
January 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Navies of China and Pakistan, holding nine-day exercises in the Arabian Sea to enhance their all-weather strategic partnership, have fo...
Regional confrontations spark fears of proxy war in Afghan...
January 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Hundreds of people in western Herat province on Tuesday took out to the streets, expressing worries over the recent tension between US...
Strained Bangladesh-Myanmar security ties in focus with bo...
January 8 ,2020
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By: Prashanth Parameswaran
Over the weekend, Bangladesh and Myanmar held the latest iteration of a senior-level border conference. The conference put the spotligh...
Myanmar's ex-president tells voters to protect race, relig...
January 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
U Thein Sein
Myanmar’s former president U Thein Sein has warned that the country is facing growing threats to territory,...
India asks refiners to stop buying Malaysian palm oil afte...
January 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
India has informally asked palm oil refiners and traders to avoid buying Malaysian palm oil, government and industry sources said on Tu...
NRC scare may have forced thousands to return to Banglades...
January 7 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The spurt in infiltration arrests in Bangladesh over the past couple of months - around 450 since mid-November - is the tip of the iceb...
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