India gifts training aid to Sri Lankan Navy
Mar 16, 2021, at 11:05 pm
New Delhi: India has handed over $111,000 million worth of training aids to Sri Lanka Navy. Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay witnessed the handing over ceremony of the equipment.
Pakistan tech startup raises $1.4 mn from Silicon Valley
Mar 16, 2021, at 10:49 pm
RemoteBase, a technology start-up based in Islamabad, has raised $1.4 million in investments from Silicon Valley investors, reflecting, what some feel, the growing tech ecosystem of Pakistan.
Myanmar crisis: UN chief 'appalled' by escalating violence with dozens reported killed over weekend
Mar 16, 2021, at 05:17 pm
New York: The UN chief on Monday issued a statement saying he was "appalled" by the reported killing over the weekend of dozens of protesters calling for the restoration of democracy, at the hands of the country's military.
Rising COVID-19 cases: Pakistan extends travel restrictions on inbound flights
Mar 16, 2021, at 05:34 am
Islamabad: Pakistan has extended the duration of restrictions imposed on inbound flights, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said Saturday, a move taken amid rising COVID-19 cases in the country, media reports said.
Mar 16, 2021, at 04:58 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday called five leaders of neighbouring countries to join Bangladesh’s Independence Golden Jubilee and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Birth Centenary celebrations despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Article on press freedom: China summons British envoy
Mar 15, 2021, at 06:48 am
Beijing: The Chinese foreign ministry has summoned Britain’s ambassador to Beijing to lodge stern representations over an “inappropriate” article she wrote defending recent international media coverage on China, media reports said.
Hong Kong electoral changes: G7 leaders express concern
Mar 15, 2021, at 06:39 am
London: The G7 Foreign Ministers have expressed their concerns at the Chinese authorities’ decision fundamentally to erode democratic elements of the electoral system in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong: EU report points out at 'severe erosion of autonomy'
Mar 15, 2021, at 06:19 am
Brussels: The European Union has come out with a scathing review of political conditions in Hong Kong where it described an “alarming political deterioration” and a “severe erosion of autonomy, democracy and fundamental freedoms”, making things tough for China.
G7 Foreign Ministers express concern over Hong Kong electoral changes
Mar 15, 2021, at 04:14 am
Tokyo: The G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, have expressed concerns at the Chinese authorities’ decision to fundamentally erode democratic elements of the electoral system in Hong Kong.
Mar 15, 2021, at 04:08 am
Beijing: China's top legislature has urged the country's cash-strapped regional governments not to “blindly expand” infrastructure projects.
Colombo expresses concern over China-made Sri Lanka flag doormat
Mar 15, 2021, at 03:59 am
Colombo: Colombo has expressed concern over China-made Sri Lanka flag doormat which is being sold online.
Afghanistan: Gunmen kill Provincial CID chief
Mar 14, 2021, at 09:54 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen have shot dead the commander of the provincial police Criminal Investigation Department in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, media reports said.
Sri Lanka to soon ban burqa, shut down several Islamic schools: Minister
Mar 13, 2021, at 10:38 pm
Colombo: A Sri Lankan Minister has said the country will soon ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools.
Mar 13, 2021, at 09:04 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Islamic political parties have called upon the Bangladesh Government to sever all diplomatic ties with China, owing to alleged persecution of Uighur Muslims in the country.
China’s next aircraft carrier ‘likely nuclear powered’
Mar 13, 2021, at 07:04 pm
Beijing/UNI: China is building its fourth aircraft carrier as it seeks to deepen its naval power foothold in the Asia-Pacific region and the vessel is “likely to be nuclear powered,” sources close to the Chinese military revealed on Saturday.
China’s 6.8 per cent rise in military spending worries Australia: Expert
Mar 13, 2021, at 04:40 pm
Beijing: The rise in China's defence budget has probably left Australia concerned, an expert believes.
Breaking WeChat ban: Three Tibetan teens go missing, one hospitalised
Mar 13, 2021, at 04:26 pm
Lhasa: Three Tibetan teenagers went missing and even one remained hospitalised with two broken legs after reportedly failing to register a WeChat text group chat with local authorities, as per a report published by a Tibetan advocacy group.
Afghanistan: Car bomb blast rocks Herat, 8 die
Mar 13, 2021, at 03:00 pm
Kabul: At least eight people died as a car bomb blast hit Afghanistan's Herat region on Friday, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Gunmen kills prosecutor in Paktia Province
Mar 12, 2021, at 10:21 pm
Kabul: Gunmen killed a prosecutor in Paktia Province of Afghanistan on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Transgenders: The Outcasts of South Asia Prisons
Mar 12, 2021, at 07:32 pm
In South Asian countries like India and Pakistan, the judgments from apex courts declare self-determination of gender identity by trans people as fundamental to gender recognition. However, the right to self-determination of gender is not yet realised for transgender persons admitted to prisons. Sai Bourothu writes
Myanmar crackdown has led to likely crimes against humanity, Human Rights Council told
Mar 12, 2021, at 06:11 pm
New York: The Myanmar junta’s brutal response to peaceful protests likely meets the legal threshold for crimes against humanity, a UN-appointed independent rights expert told the Human Rights Council on Thursday.
China should have no role to play in deciding Dalai Lama's successor: Ned Price
Mar 12, 2021, at 04:45 pm
Washington: The United States has said China should have no role to play in deciding the successor of spiritual leader Dalai Lama.
More than 1500 Tibetans demonstrate in Paris against Chinese atrocities
Mar 12, 2021, at 04:35 pm
Paris: Over 1500 Tibetans and Free Tibet supporters demonstrated in Paris city of France on Wednesday against decades of Chinese atrocities in Tibet.
Pakistan: Peshawar High Court directs PTA to ban TikTok over 'obscene' content
Mar 12, 2021, at 02:42 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to ban TikTok — the popular social media platform for entertainment videos — for allegedly "spreading obscenity in society".
Pakistan: Cancer patients block Metro bus track in Lahore after free drugs denied to them
Mar 12, 2021, at 07:09 am
Several poor cancer patients blocked the Metro Bus track at Kalma Chowk region in Lahore city of Pakistan to protest against suspension of free medicines supply at the state-run hospitals of Punjab, media reports said.
Pakistan: Lack of teachers force Sindh’s 6,866 public schools to shut down
Mar 12, 2021, at 06:54 am
Islamabad: The Sindh High Court (SHC) was recently informed that 6,866 public schools across the province have been closed due to lack of teachers, media reports said.
Pakistan: Students block road, protest against lack of teachers in school
Mar 12, 2021, at 06:47 am
Students of a Pakistani school recently blocked a road to demonstrate against lack of teachers in the institution.
Pakistan leader feels 'flawed’ border policy affecting trade with Afghanistan
Mar 12, 2021, at 06:40 am
Islamabad: Awami National Party provincial president Aimal Wali Khan has cautioned the federal government that it should immediately correct its ‘flawed’ border policy regarding Afghanistan if it does not want to lose its trade with the neighbouring nation.
Pakistan: Armed men barge into Hindu family house, kidnap teen girl
Mar 12, 2021, at 06:33 am
Islamabad: A group of armed men recently barged into a Hindu house in Jarwar locality in Tangwani town of Pakistan and kidnapped a teen girl on Tuesday, media reports said
Myanmar: UN Security Council strongly condemns violence against peaceful protesters
Mar 11, 2021, at 11:27 pm
New York: The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the violence against peaceful protesters in Myanmar and voiced “deep concern” at restrictions on medical personnel, civil society, labour unions and journalists, as demonstrations continue across the south-east Asian nation against the military takeover last month.