Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran have agreed to expand and strengthen trilateral cooperation for peace, stability and development in the region.View Full Story
The Afghan government has called for an end to cross-border attacks from Pakistan, warning that such incidents could affect “improving trust and cooperation” between the two wary allies.View Full Story
Bin Laden, who hated the United States and decried capitalism, considered a most American of business strategies. Like Blackwater, ValuJet and Philip Morris, perhaps what al Qaeda really needed was a fresh start under a new name.View Full Story
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran have agreed to expand and strengthen trilateral cooperation for peace, stability and development in the region.View Full Story
The Afghan government has called for an end to cross-border attacks from Pakistan, warning that such incidents could affect “improving trust and cooperation” between the two wary allies.View Full Story
Bin Laden, who hated the United States and decried capitalism, considered a most American of business strategies. Like Blackwater, ValuJet and Philip Morris, perhaps what al Qaeda really needed was a fresh start under a new name.View Full Story
PRIME Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani`s remarks to the Senate, following his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the World Cup semi-final at Mohali on March 30, have not received the attention they deserve.View Full Story
The weakening of Pakistan to the point where terrorists run wild and attack people and state institutions at will is an important indictment of the Afghan war.View Full Story
Two Supreme Court verdicts declaring the controversial fifth and eighths amendments void have brightened the scope for a meaningful constitutional change.View Full Story
Going by the newspaper ads in India and other South Asian countries on job opportunities, it is clear that private employers in the Asia Pacific region and the above countries offer better salaries than the region, said the engineer.View Full Story
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The fuel price hike saw the government coming under fire from ally Trinamool Congress and political rivals BJP and Left parties which decided to hit the streets on the issue while AIADMK demanded an immediate rollback of the increase.View Full Story
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam, has also examined the role of Tata group of companies and its dealings with M/s Unitech Limited and another deal involving Voltas, Chennai.View Full Story
Maps and certain survey sheets from 1872-1960, related to Adarsh land and surrounding Colaba areas have gone missing from the land records office in the city, the two-member Commission, probing the housing society scam was told here.View Full Story
The fuel price hike saw the government coming under fire from ally Trinamool Congress and political rivals BJP and Left parties which decided to hit the streets on the issue while AIADMK demanded an immediate rollback of the increase.View Full Story
“We will ask all political parties to study the two drafts and let us know if they find anything that is against Constitution in our draft. We would like to know if our draft is an attempt at forming a parallel government,” Mr. Hazare said.View Full Story
The United Progressive Alliance government may have shown a willingness to draft a new Lokpal Bill, but it is dragging its feet on a proposal to strengthen the public institution that has done so much to expose wrongdoings in public life.View Full Story
The fuel price hike saw the government coming under fire from ally Trinamool Congress and political rivals BJP and Left parties which decided to hit the streets on the issue while AIADMK demanded an immediate rollback of the increase.View Full Story
The total investor wealth, measured in terms of cumulative market capitalisation of all listed companies, rose to Rs 65,67,848.15 crore -- up by Rs 1,57,357 crore from its yesterday's level.View Full Story
Orissa chief secretary B K Patnaik , who reviewed the progress made so far in the Rs 52,000-crore project, said the state government would acquire the required land peacefully.View Full Story
The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on Friday adopted new guidelines on the transfer of sensitive nuclear technology that will effectively nullify the “clean” waiver India received from the cartel in 2008.View Full Story
Ten years after the Kargil Review Committee and a Group of Ministers attempted the first major revamp of defence management in the country, the government is setting up a high-powered task force to review the unfinished tasks and make further suggestions.View Full Story
The police said the fishermen had been arrested, but they could not be questioned and their condition was precarious. They were admitted to a Una hospital.View Full Story
A teenage dalit girl was allegedly raped by two men in Anjrauli village of the district, police said.View Full Story
The six Indian sailors of m.v. Suez, which was seized by Somail pirates, returned home on Friday. They did not have tales of high adventure to recount, but nerve chilling sagas that instilled the dread in them of never seeing their homeland.View Full Story
Taking cognisance of media reports and a complaint regarding death of Sachan, the Commission issued notices to the UP Chief Secretary, District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police in Lucknow.View Full Story
Canada is stalling listing of chrysotile asbestos (white asbestos) at the Conference of Parties to the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent, meeting in Geneva, whereas India changed its stand and supported listing on Wednesday.View Full Story
If the Krishna-Suu Kyi meeting does take place, it will be the first high-level contact with the Burmese Opposition leader in over two decades.View Full Story
Pranab Mukherjee also said that India is in touch with other member countries of the multilateral body in this matter.View Full Story
Warm, open, and gregarious are the first words that leap into the mind if you want to describe Jaishree Misra.View Full Story
A week after a senior journalist was gunned down in Mumbai, social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to demand a strong law to prevent any repetition of the incident.View Full Story
Addressing his fans for first time after being discharged from the hospital in Singapore where he was undergoing treatment Actor Rajinikanth swore that his goal would now be to entertain them.View Full Story
Authorities are now thinking of dismantling the ship right on the beach. If that happens, it is expected to give rise to a serious environmental hazard.View Full Story
In an order, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said he “disagrees with the final recommendations” of the FAC, which advised him to reject the proposals made by the Chhattisgarh government to open up the coal blocks.View Full Story
"I am in the know-how of the demand by the Power Ministry to forego this directive but in the interest of environmental protection I am unable to withdraw this directive," Environment and Forest Minister, Jairam Ramesh said.View Full Story
Replacing a Ferrari is tough, especially if it has been gifted to you. But having taken the decision to do away with the "prancing horse", batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has driven in a new one – a red Nissan GT-R Supercar.View Full Story
According to an ICC media release, left-hander Suresh Raina, too, moved up 26 places to be placed 61st after his after his useful knock of 82 in the first innings against West Indies at Kingston.View Full Story
In an attempt to convince the BCCI, Aluthgamage took part in a telephone conference with its officials yesterday. "We made an attempt to convince them, but the BCCI told us that it cannot reverse its stand," Aluthgamage was quoted as saying in the media.View Full Story
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the 2G spectrum allocation scam, has also examined the role of Tata group of companies and its dealings with M/s Unitech Limited and another deal involving Voltas, Chennai.View Full Story
Maps and certain survey sheets from 1872-1960, related to Adarsh land and surrounding Colaba areas have gone missing from the land records office in the city, the two-member Commission, probing the housing society scam was told here.View Full Story
State government had recently launched an ambitious Health Card programmeView Full Story
Has our Intelligence Bureau bitten off more than it can chew? Sixteen adhesive sticks were found in finance ministry offices sometime ago, which has set tongues wagging about Pranab-da being spied on.View Full Story
In the course of the last decade the world has undergone the most profound transformation in all of its millenniums of history. Between 2000 and 2010, the share of global GDP of the three leading emerging economies - China, India and Brazil - doubled.View Full Story
Highlighting the crucial connection between the current high levels of inflation and the expectation among consumers that prices will continue to rise as sharply in the future.View Full Story
The India chapter of the South Asia Women in Media (SAWM) observes with deep concern the growing number of attacks on journalists in South Asia:View Full Story
The India chapter of the South Asia Women in Media (SAWM INDIA) observes with deep concern the growing number of attacks on journalists in South Asia.View Full Story
The murder of Mid-Day's J. Dey is only the tip of the iceberg. If violence against journalists continues unchecked, can a beleaguered press continue to report the way it should?View Full Story
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Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, was speaking at a session of the National Judicial Policy Making Committee convened to examine the effective implementation of the National Judicial Policy on Thursday.View Full Story
At least 15 people were killed and several others were wounded in a clash between two rival militant groups in the northwestern Orakzai tribal region, DawnNews reported.View Full Story
The election campaign of 421 candidates in 41 constituencies of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly ended at Friday midnight after days of fiery speeches, fascinating claims, allegations and counter-allegations.View Full Story
The election campaign of 421 candidates in 41 constituencies of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly ended at Friday midnight after days of fiery speeches, fascinating claims, allegations and counter-allegations.View Full Story
The call for fresh elections made by Prof Khurshid Ahmed of JI during the Senate proceedings was instantly endorsed by Mohammad Ishaq Dar, the parliamentary leader of the PML-N in the house.View Full Story
A vibrant and vocal Marvi Memon is riding the wave of political popularity in her own right following her resignation from the membership of both the National Assembly and her PML-Q party and has decided to keep all options open.View Full Story
The Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously approved the budget of Rs. 439.40 billion for the financial year 2011-12, rejecting all 653 cut motions presented by the opposition.View Full Story
Challenging security environment and the circular debt adversely affected the exploration and production sector’s drilling activity as only 42 wells have been spudded against the full-year target of 80 wells.View Full Story
Pakistani stocks ended lower on Friday as investors booked profits after the market closed on a five-month high the previous day and also because of a fall in international oil prices, dealers said.View Full Story
At least 15 people were killed and several others were wounded in a clash between two rival militant groups in the northwestern Orakzai tribal region, DawnNews reported.View Full Story
Four bullet-riddled bodies were found from Shahnawaz Chowk, Pak Colony in the wee hours of Saturday.View Full Story
A joint Pakistani and International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) assessment of a June 17 border incident at the Ziarat outpost concluded on June 21, despite firing by militants at the outpost during the discussions.View Full Story
A Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court on Friday assigned Retired Session Judge Abdul Mateen to represent the Rangers’ officials side in the case of the murder of Sarfaraz Shah.View Full Story
Gender bias marked the end of a tumultuous budget session of the National Assembly on Thursday when the house passed a Rs564 billion supplementary budget for the outgoing fiscal year but opposition manipulation blocked a pro-women resolution.View Full Story
The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Thursday directed four Rangers personnel facing Sarfaraz Shah's extrajudicial murder charges to arrange counsel for their defence, Geo News reported.View Full Story
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with Voice of America's Andre De NesneraView Full Story
A news report says Malaysian authorities have arrested eight Pakistanis believed to be waiting to travel illegally to Australia by boat.View Full Story
The Pakistan Embassy here has issued 67 visas to CIA officials for deployment in Pakistan, embassy sources told Dawn on Wednesday.View Full Story
Film lyricist Khawaja Pervaiz passed away on Monday. He was 81. Pervaiz was admitted to Mayo Hospital 10 days ago with extremely low blood sugar levels.View Full Story
Future of Pakistan lies in the youngsters, which direly needed proper education and skill development training to meet the global challenges, says chairman Arif Habib Investment and a leading businessman.View Full Story
The 2nd Floor (T2F) café recently organised its second two-day art festival entitled ‘Art Lootmaar’.View Full Story
Up to five million people in Pakistan are at risk from floods this year, partly due to poor reconstruction and the inadequate rehabilitation of survivors who are still reeling from last year’s epic deluge, the UN said on Wednesday.View Full Story
Per capita water availability has dropped 500 per cent since 1947, and the situation is worsening day by day.View Full Story
Deputy Commissioner Amer Ali Ahmed reviewed the flood contingency plan in the wake of up-coming moon soon rains in a meeting on Saturday and finalised necessary preventive arrangements to deal with any likely flood situation in a befitting manner.View Full Story
A Pakistani court on Friday adjourned an appeal by retired international paceman Shoaib Akhtar against a record seven million rupee ($82,400) disciplinary fine imposed three years ago.View Full Story
The Inquiry Committee of Anti-Doping Organization of Pakistan on Wednesday imposed a four-month suspension on athlete Muhammad Anwar after he tested positive for a banned substance during the 43rd National Athletics Championship held recently in Lahore.View Full Story
A Pakistani court on Friday adjourned an appeal by retired international paceman Shoaib Akhtar against a record seven million rupee ($82,400) disciplinary fine imposed three years ago.View Full Story
Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, was speaking at a session of the National Judicial Policy Making Committee convened to examine the effective implementation of the National Judicial Policy on Thursday.View Full Story
The fire at a shopping plaza located in Shah Alam market was extinguished after five hours.View Full Story
Despite their removal from National Accountability Bureau, its former chairman and other senior officials are enjoying official perks and privileges, informed sources have told Dawn.View Full Story
CONCERNED about their jobs and future, employees of the National Commission for Human Development have petitioned the Supreme Court to save their institution from being disbanded in the wake of devolution.View Full Story
The war of words between PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif and PPP chairperson and president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari is hotting up.View Full Story
After the presentation of the federal budget earlier this month, the media reported an allocation of Rs495.2 billion for defence.View Full Story
A lawyer who briefly served as deputy attorney general during the Musharraf government filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking an order restraining the media from criticising the armed forces.View Full Story
The India chapter of the South Asia Women in Media (SAWM) observes with deep concern the growing number of attacks on journalists in South Asia:View Full Story
AFTER the recent successful Social Media Summit in Karachi, a number of people have started paying attention to the bloggers, the Twitter users and the Facebook addicts.View Full Story
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Friday his country would begin to pull troops out of Afghanistan in 2012 with the aim of completing its withdrawal by 2014.View Full Story
Ten people were killed and 24 others wounded when a bicycle bomb went off in a busy bazaar in northern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, updating an earlier toll.View Full Story
If you think that development in Gurgaon has been done in an unplanned manner, here is a surprise for you. A high-level team of Afghanistan government officials will soon visit Gurgaon to study urban planning and development.View Full Story
Special election tribunal investigating fraud complaints in the last year’s parliamentary election disqualified 62 of 249 members of Wolesi Jirga, Afghan lower house of parliament.View Full Story
Planned US troop reductions in Afghanistan will not mean a relaxation of pressure against the Taliban insurgency there, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday.View Full Story
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan welcomed the decision to withdraw more than 30,000 American troops over the next year, calling it the “right decision for the interest of both countries.”View Full Story
A new UN report on illegal drugs says Afghanistan accounts for the majority of the world’s production of opium, while trends show production in Burma to be on the rise.View Full Story
Afghanistan is likely to face a significant food shortage in the coming months, following poor rains which have affected this season�s wheat crop. Wheat is the primary food staple for most families.View Full Story
Finance Minister Mohammad Omar Zakhilwal, US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry, and USAID Mission Director Earl Gast signed joint statements promising direct financial support to Afghan ministries from USAID.View Full Story
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Friday his country would begin to pull troops out of Afghanistan in 2012 with the aim of completing its withdrawal by 2014.View Full Story
Ten people were killed and 24 others wounded when a bicycle bomb went off in a busy bazaar in northern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, updating an earlier toll.View Full Story
A new UN report on illegal drugs says Afghanistan accounts for the majority of the world’s production of opium, while trends show production in Burma to be on the rise.View Full Story
Five school students were killed when a missile round went off in Narkh district of Maidan Wardag province last night, an official said Thursday.View Full Story
A minor was killed and four more persons including two women were injured when a mortar round allegedly fired by armed opponents landed in a house in Asmar district of Kunar province in the small hours of Thursday.View Full Story
David Cameron has welcomed Barack Obama's announcement that the US will withdraw about a third of its forces from Afghanistan next year as the US president declared the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban a success.View Full Story
Five school students were killed when a missile round went off in Narkh district of Maidan Wardag province last night, an official said Thursday.View Full Story
With BC members of Canada's Armed Forces who have served in Afghanistan standing behind him, Peter Ellis, Commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific, speaks at the 2011 Afghan Veterans Reception Thursday in Vancouver.View Full Story
President Barack Obama’s decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan more quickly than expected reverberated Thursday in Europe, where many governments and some citizens also are eager to see their involvement in nearly 10-year-old war come to an end.View Full Story
Five school students were killed when a missile round went off in Narkh district of Maidan Wardag province last night, an official said Thursday.View Full Story
Mina Habib is doing what would have been unthinkable during the Taliban era. She is one of the few working female Afghan journalists.View Full Story
The chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has accepted the 2010 Tipperary International Peace Award for her contribution to freedom and democracy in Afghanistan.View Full Story
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's mountainous Hindu Kush region near the Pakistani border early Sunday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.View Full Story
KABUL: Air pollution in Afghan big cities particularly the capital city Kabul has reached alarming point as head of National Environment Directorate, Mustafa warned last Sunday of dire consequences if air pollution is not checked.View Full Story
Afghanistan's first snowfall in one year began Thursday and still continuing in parts of the country including capital city Kabul.View Full Story
If you think that development in Gurgaon has been done in an unplanned manner, here is a surprise for you. A high-level team of Afghanistan government officials will soon visit Gurgaon to study urban planning and development.View Full Story
The Deputy Interior Minister of Counter Narcotics said that over three million Afghans, based mostly in the provinces, are involved in manufacturing or trafficking drugs.View Full Story
The anti-narcotics police arrested three persons and recovered 47 kilograms of heroin from their possession in western Herat province of Afghanistan yesterday, a press release said Thursday.View Full Story
On Monday, cyclists began a race from Kabul to Badakhshan to determine who would qualified for the national cycling team.View Full Story
Rashid Latif has finally stepped down as coach of Afghanistan after weeks of growing discontent within the squad about the coach. His resignation has been accepted by the Afghanistan Cricket Board.View Full Story
Pakistan’s former captain, Rashid Latif, is reportedly contemplating his exit as Afghanistan coach, Cricinfo reported.View Full Story
The oldest cliche in Afghanistan is to describe the country in terms of the “Great Game,” the 19th-century geostrategic chessboard of British colonists, Afghan kings and Russian tsars.View Full Story
As President Barack Obama had promised after taking up the reins of power, he has announced that 10,000 US troops will leave Afghanistan this year, beginning next month.View Full Story
Musa Khan Jalalzai writes: “Don’t go to Afghanistan if you want to save the money.” These are the words quoted from a recently filed news story of my journalist friend returned from Afghanistan.View Full Story
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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday claimed that Khaleda Zia’s younger son Arafat Rahman had not siphoned money off to Singapore and alleged that the verdict of the money laundering case was ‘premeditated’.View Full Story
Load shedding continues unabated as the country’s power generation still remained far behind the demand amidst sweltering summer heat although the government claimed that nearly 1900 megawatt of new power was added to the national grid.View Full Story
The number of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in the country is on the rise as many TB patients do not complete full course of medicine, physicians said.View Full Story
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday claimed that Khaleda Zia’s younger son Arafat Rahman had not siphoned money off to Singapore and alleged that the verdict of the money laundering case was ‘premeditated’.View Full Story
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday laid emphasis on the translation of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s works in all popular languages to spread his creation across the globe.View Full Story
Visiting German and European Union leaders yesterday said the government and the opposition in Bangladesh should work out a solution over the caretaker government dispute and avoid politics of blockade.View Full Story
Load shedding continues unabated as the country’s power generation still remained far behind the demand amidst sweltering summer heat although the government claimed that nearly 1900 megawatt of new power was added to the national grid.View Full Story
A parliamentary committee yesterday recommended that the government provide scope for investing black money in the sharemarket.View Full Story
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all the commercial banks to provide it with the information and documents they have about Musa Bin Shamsher, a businessman from Faridpur, in seven work days.View Full Story
Flight operations at Shahjalal International Airport remained suspended for half an hour on Thursday after a fighter jet of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) skidded off the runway.View Full Story
At least 70 people were injured in UP poll-related violence in Moulvibazar, Gaibandha, Munshiganj and Sirajgang districts yesterday and on Tuesday night.View Full Story
Four people, including three of a family, were killed and 20 injured during a pile-up involving three vehicles in Gazipur Sadar upazila early Thursday.View Full Story
Hasan Sayeed Sumon was taken into fresh one-day remand on Friday in connection with torturing his wife, Dhaka University teacher Rumana Manzur.View Full Story
Chief Justice Muzammel Hossain, stated in London on Tuesday that the judiciary had been playing a significant role in ensuring the rule of law and democracy in Bangladesh.View Full Story
Different organisations, politicians, academics, professionals and women's rights activists yesterday demanded exemplary punishment to Hasan Sayeed Sumon, who brutally tortured and damaged the eyes of his wife Rumana Manzur, a teacher of Dhaka University.View Full Story
Visiting German and European Union leaders yesterday said the government and the opposition in Bangladesh should work out a solution over the caretaker government dispute and avoid politics of blockade.View Full Story
Tibet’s spiritual leader Dalai Lama has appreciated Bangladesh's role to achieve and sustain global peace.View Full Story
The work of Padma Multipurpose Bridge is getting late as its lead financier World Bank has yet to give the nod on two key components of the project -- the main bridge construction and river training.View Full Story
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday laid emphasis on the translation of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s works in all popular languages to spread his creation across the globe.View Full Story
The main opposition BNP on Friday called a half-day hartal for Sunday in Sirajganj protesting the arrest of its district general secretary and municipality mayor Mokaddes Ali.View Full Story
Hasan Sayeed Sumon was taken into fresh one-day remand on Friday in connection with torturing his wife, Dhaka University teacher Rumana Manzur.View Full Story
While the government vows to increase our forest areas, hundreds of locals yesterday started chopping down an entire mangrove forest and a wildlife sanctuary over an area of 2,000 acres in the remote island of Char Bestin under Galachipa upazila.View Full Story
Amid continuous encroachment on canals in Khulna city and adjacent Mayur River in absence of authorities' strong eviction drive against the influential offenders, menacing waterlogging has become a matter of serious concern for city dwellers.View Full Story
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council has approved a project involving Tk 276.19 crore for better management of wildlife in the region.View Full Story
The number of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in the country is on the rise as many TB patients do not complete full course of medicine, physicians said.View Full Story
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority continues using chlorine, a dangerous chemical for human consumption, as the High Court is yet the hear a rule issued on January 11, 2010 asking for explanation of legality.View Full Story
The indefinite transport strike in Chittagong was postponed till August 1 after a meeting between the Transport Owners and Workers' Association and the local administration Thursday night.View Full Story
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will appeal for fair distribution in the next Future Tours Programme (FTP).View Full Story
Former Test skipper Ricky Ponting says he is shocked by Cricket Australia's decision to dump senior batsman Simon Katich from its list of 25 contracted players.View Full Story
FIFA has turned down a proposal from Bangladesh to relocate their World Cup 2014 qualifier from violence-hit Pakistan to Dhaka, the country’s football federation president saidView Full Story
Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina criticised the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resour-ces, Power and Ports last Satur-day.View Full Story
Rumana's narrative is instructive for a whole range of people. To this, I come later. For the moment, in her present shattered mental and physical state.View Full Story
In the near future the Pacific Ocean is unlikely to remain as calm as the name suggests. Large swathes of it, in mostly the West Pacific, could become host to nations engaged in naval competition for control.View Full Story
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Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United States Jaliya Wickramasuriya says media institutions must seek out accuracy of the facts before publishing stories that can seriously harm a nation's credibility.View Full Story
The fourth day of the National Mosquito Control Week ends with detecting 2,808 places with dengue mosquito larvae.View Full Story
The country is set to establish 60 new courts this year.View Full Story
Opposition Leaders Ranil Wickramasinghe today allege that the government was trying to cripple the Parliament with its recent actions and that the House was not given an opportunity to discuss burning issues in the country.View Full Story
The Sri Lankan government Thursday said that it would make the necessary arrangements to present a Right to Information Bill in parliament shortly.View Full Story
The country lost Rs. 29 billion in revenue by giving tax concessions to Shangri La Ltd and Catic Ltd when they purchased the premises of the former Army Headquarters, the UNP alleged in Parliament Wednesday.View Full Story
The government has to pay US$111.21 million, which is roughly around to Rs11.1 billion, in terms of interests for the US$307 million loan obtained from China for the Hambantota Ports Development Project.View Full Story
Six of the 10 economies, with the fastest growing millionaire populations are in Asia, being led by Hong Kong and Vietnam, which each sees an annual growth of 33 percent.View Full Story
Sri Lanka's Central Bank on Thursday appointed Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, HSBC, and Royal Bank of Scotland as Joint Lead Managers to advise and handle a future international sovereign bond issue.View Full Story
ALL Sri Lankans, illegally staying in Bahrain, are being told to contact their consulate.View Full Story
A police constable found in Iranawila beach, Chilaw, gagged and with his hands and legs tied, is rescued and admitted to the Chilaw Base Hospital by the Chilaw Police.View Full Story
The Sri Lanka Army Wednesday denied media reports that soldiers seen in the controversial Channel 4 film had been identified.View Full Story
While claiming that the British government does not accept that all Tamil asylum seekers are in need of international protection.View Full Story
The Sri Lanka Army Wednesday denied media reports that soldiers seen in the controversial Channel 4 film had been identified.View Full Story
The Sri Lankan government Thursday said that it would make the necessary arrangements to present a Right to Information Bill in parliament shortly.View Full Story
While claiming that the British government does not accept that all Tamil asylum seekers are in need of international protection.View Full Story
The Sri Lankan government announced Thursday that China has agreed to provide financial assistance of US$1.5 billion for the country's major infrastructure projects in the next three years.View Full Story
The Sri Lankan government today signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement with the government of Bahrain.View Full Story
The Sri Lanka Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (SLTRC) yesterday ruled out any involvements concerning the alleged blocking of certain independent news sites that had occurred on June 20.View Full Story
The Sri Lankan government Thursday said that it would make the necessary arrangements to present a Right to Information Bill in parliament shortly.View Full Story
Civil society groups and media organizations said Wednesday the defeat of the Right to Information Bill in parliament had dealt a crippling blow to the freedom of expression, turning it into an empty shell.View Full Story
The Medical Research Institute says it is testing blood samples to identify the viral flu strain rapidly spreading throughout the country.View Full Story
A team of specialist doctors from Thailand led by Bangkok WHO Collaboration Centre Director Siripan Kalyanrooj is now in Sri Lanka to provide a specialised training on dengue patient management for specialist doctors.View Full Story
Sri Lanka become hub for trading of marine species smuggled from neighboring countries due to lack of regulations pertaining to exportation or regulation of marine animals including sea horses and sea cucumbers, environmentalist Jagath Gunawardena said.View Full Story
Sri Lanka opening batsman Upul Tharanga is suspended for three months by the International Cricket Council for using a banned substance during the World Cup.View Full Story
International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday said Sri Lanka's opening batsman Upul Tharanga has been found guilty of committing an anti-doping rule violation.View Full Story
International Cricket Council (ICC) had rejected a claim made by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Interim Committee Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga that ICC had rated Sri Lanka as the best ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 host.View Full Story
The Sri Lankan government announced that it plans to construct 7,500 housing units for the urban poor who live in underserved settlements in Colombo and adjoining areas.View Full Story
Sri Lanka Ministry of Health says doctors will be appointed from next month to 77 hospitals that were closed due to the shortage of doctors.View Full Story
Lanka Private Bus Owners Association Wednesday warned it would launch island wide strike on Monday because of unwillingness of transport authorities to permit 15 per cent increase in bus fares, including the minimum fare being increased from Rs.6 to Rs. 8.View Full Story
With the annual dengue epidemic this year reaching its deadliest proportions, and other mysterious diseases like the viral flu or rat fever hitting hundreds of people, the government is taking urgent curative and preventive measures.View Full Story
From the beginning the creative force has been intelligently creating and transforming society.View Full Story
International relations have come to centre stage in Sri Lanka's affairs as perhaps never before in recent decades and, needless to say.View Full Story
The government says it would draft a Bill to ensure the right to information, to enhance the press freedom and participatory democracy.View Full Story
The South Asia Media Commission (SAMC) expresses shock and dismay at Sri Lanka’s Parliament voting down a bill for the enactment of a Right to Information law for the country.View Full Story
The Right to Information bill was defeated with a majority of 63 votes in Sri Lankan Parliament a short while ago with 34 voting for and 97 voting against it.View Full Story
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Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal proposes opening up discussions on both ideological and political differences in a crucial central committee meeting, in a bid to placate the dissenting voices in the party.View Full Story
Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) standing committee member KP Sharma Oli rejects reports that he is shielding the party’s youth wing leader, accused of masterminding the attack on Biratnagar-based journalist Khilanath Dhakal.View Full Story
Protesting petroleum transport operators drop their strike after they strike an agreement with the Nepal Oil Corporation against relocating 60 petroleum tankers on the Kathmandu-Raxaul route from Barauni-Amelkhgunj.View Full Story
The Maoist-aligned All Nepal National Independent Students Union-Revolutionary submits a memorandum to Vice Chairman of Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training Devi Prasad Ghimire with an ultimatum to fulfill 19-point demands.View Full Story
The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (Republican) demands general amnesty for the armed groups active in the Tarai region with the withdrawal of cases against them, arguing that they have raised weapons for what it called ‘the liberation of the people’.View Full Story
Speaker Subas Nembang is visiting Indian capital Delhi next month to attend Fifth Conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians.View Full Story
The central bank issues its latest bunch of bonds at 10 percent coupon rate in sync with the increasing trend of interest rate that might lead to yet another rate hike in the market.View Full Story
The Legislature-Parliament meet endorsed the international anti-terrorism conventions on Friday in Kathmandu.View Full Story
Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Khadga Bahadur Bishwokarma has remarked on Thursday that the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has failed to make progress due to its nexus with mafias and brokers.View Full Story
The Parliamentary State Affairs Committee tells the Home Ministry to come up with a detailed security plan, short, medium and long-term, so that the government could address its concerns in budget allocation.View Full Story
Nepalese police have arrested more than a dozen Tibetan exiles who were celebrating the birth of Lord Buddha, a spokeswoman for a Tibetan organisation said Friday.View Full Story
The Legislature-Parliament meet endorsed the international anti-terrorism conventions on Friday in Kathmandu.View Full Story
The Nepali embassy in Thailand has expressed its concern at the increasing number of Nepalis stranded in the country after being duped by middlemen with false assurances of lucrative employment opportunities in Singapore, Macau, Canada and Europe.View Full Story
The first ever shelter for ostracized gays has opened in Nepal -- a growing sign, say activists, that the impoverished, conservative Himalayan nation is becoming more aware of the rights of its gay population.View Full Story
Nepalese police have arrested more than a dozen Tibetan exiles who were celebrating the birth of Lord Buddha, a spokeswoman for a Tibetan organisation said Friday.View Full Story
The Nepali embassy in Thailand has expressed its concern at the increasing number of Nepalis stranded in the country after being duped by middlemen with false assurances of lucrative employment opportunities in Singapore, Macau, Canada and Europe.View Full Story
Speaker Subas Nembang is visiting Indian capital Delhi next month to attend Fifth Conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians.View Full Story
The Legislature-Parliament meet endorsed the international anti-terrorism conventions on Friday in Kathmandu.View Full Story
President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has asked educated youths to use their skills in creative works.View Full Story
Taking serious exception to the government’s apathy over cases of assaults on journalists, Biratnagar-based mediapersons on Monday boycotted a programme participated by Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Finance Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikari.View Full Story
Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Krishna Prasad Sitaula accused the UCPN (Maoist) of impeding the processes of peace and statute drafting.View Full Story
the Meteorological Forecasting Division claims the season this year will see plenty of showers, unlike the monsoon rainfall of the past two years.View Full Story
An advancing landslide endangers the Imbung-based Satyahangma Higher Secondary School.View Full Story
Tens of thousands of rupees' loss is reported as a result of fire which broke out in three homes of Pokhariya VDC-9 of Parsa the other day.View Full Story
Academics and officials blame teachers for ‘not doing their job’ since the Scool Leaving Certificate pass percentage drops nearly 10 to 55.5 from 64 percent last year.View Full Story
A cargo plane crash-lands at the Simikot Airport in Humla.View Full Story
The first ever shelter for ostracized gays has opened in Nepal -- a growing sign, say activists, that the impoverished, conservative Himalayan nation is becoming more aware of the rights of its gay population.View Full Story
Rahul-XI beats Prithu-XI by four wicketsin a practice match for the U-19 national team.View Full Story
Hari Mahato scores a last gasp goal as the Tribhuvan Army Club laboures to a 1-1 draw against their department rivals Nepal Armed Police Force Club.View Full Story
The Martyrs Memorial B Division League Football is scheduled to kick off from August 20 in the capital.View Full Story
Nepal had sent a contingent of Nepal Police (Nepal Formed Police Unit ,Sudan) for peacekeeping operations in Sudan some four years ago under the aegis of the United Nations.View Full Story
Turns out I have Communications Device (Operation Deficiency) Syndrome, the latest entry in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the bible of modern psychiatry.View Full Story
The distortions by Kathmandu’s major media outlets in reporting and analysing the Supreme Court’s (SC) May 25 decision will soon be costly to the constitution building process.View Full Story
Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal has assured to book those who attacked Biratnagar-based journalist Khila Nath Dhakal.View Full Story
The Committee to Protect Journalists has welcomed the conviction of two suspects in the 2009 murder of journalist Uma Singh, but called for a continued investigation into the remaining suspects.View Full Story
Minister for Information and Communications Agni Prasad Sapkota today filed a case against Kanak Mani Dixit, the editor of Himal Khabar Patrika, at Supreme Court (SC), accusing him of contempt of court.View Full Story
The Japanese government has agreed to give Bhutan a loan of USD 27M to Bhutan to electrify 3,549 households under the second phase of rural electrification project.View Full Story
National Council members yesterday unanimously agreed on its social and cultural affairs committee’s proposal for the need of a national flag bill.View Full Story
With car-dealers frantically calling clients ever since the tax revision bill 2011 was presented to the National Assembly on June 20, a number of people have been rushing to the bank to withdraw, pay up and take delivery.View Full Story
The election officials fear monsoon could hamper voter turn out in Phuentsholing Constituency. The election commission, as of now, is not prepared to deal with it.View Full Story
The central election dispute settlement body cancelled the gup nominee of Daagsa-Kumadzong chiwog, Ugyen Dorji, under Gongdue gewog in Mongar.View Full Story
The National Council members have decided to forward 26 disputed sections of the adoption amendment bill to His Majesty for recommendation to further deliberate at the joint sitting.View Full Story
Bhutan Power corporation (BPC) will soon study the possibility of installing wind turbines inside the hollow of rocket shaped transmission towers that would dot the hillsides.View Full Story
At the sound of an approaching vehicle, farmers seated under a makeshift stall at Gangola, near the Lhuentse-Mongar highway junction, become excited and wait in anticipation for the travellers to pull over and buy the displayed goods.View Full Story
Even in the face of recent economic challenges posed by the rising fuel and commodity prices, Bhutan’s economy is expected to grow at 8 percent during the remaining period of the 10th Plan.View Full Story
Five people were killed and 10 injured as a truck hit another stationary truck from behind in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi early Friday.View Full Story
Bhutan Power corporation (BPC) will soon study the possibility of installing wind turbines inside the hollow of rocket shaped transmission towers that would dot the hillsides.View Full Story
At the sound of an approaching vehicle, farmers seated under a makeshift stall at Gangola, near the Lhuentse-Mongar highway junction, become excited and wait in anticipation for the travellers to pull over and buy the displayed goods.View Full Story
Within the newsrooms of the country’s proliferating media houses there is a general feeling that everyone is doing the best to bring out news that’s fit to print.View Full Story
Bhutan is witnessing a social revolution along with the drastic political changes brought about by the fourth king His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck. Education and access to modern technology has transformed the standards of society and women in particulaView Full Story
As a percentage of real GDP growth, the tertiary sector was the main contributor in 2009, followed by the secondary and primary sectors.View Full Story
The Prosecutor General’s Office charges Eydhafushi MP Ahmed ‘Red Wave’ Saleem under the Anti-Corruption Act, accusing the Labour Party president of illegally transferring government money to a private company.View Full Story
Hinnavaru MP Ibrahim Mohamed Solih or ‘Ibu’, the only candidate that contested for the post of the leader of the parliamentary group of the Maldivian Democratic Party, is elected.View Full Story
Police arrest a man, suspected to be one of the most high profile drug lords in the country, from a rented apartment at the residence of Eydhafushi MP Ahmed ‘Red Wave’ Saleem.View Full Story
Council member Ahmed Mohamed (Andey) is appointed as the deputy leader of the main opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party.View Full Story
Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party leader Ahmed Thasmeen Ali says the people encouraging those who have spread false information to the media alleging that Thasmeen and Peoples’ Majlis Speaker Abdullah Shahid took bribes should take the full responsibility.View Full Story
Hinnavaru MP Ibrahim Mohamed Solih or ‘Ibu’, the only candidate that contested for the position of the leader of the parliamentary group of the Maldivian Democratic Party is elected for the top post.View Full Story
Transport Minister Adil Saleem says the country's initiative establishing ferry service in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation's region will benefit the local ferry service.View Full Story
President Mohamed Nasheed claims his government is determined to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor.View Full Story
President Mohamed Nasheed says he is optimistic about the new taxation regime proposed by the government.View Full Story
An amalgamation of all Maldivian pilgrimage groups registered as the Maldives Hajj Federation opens during a ceremony.View Full Story
The Maldives is selected as one of the six pilot countries to receive funding for financing renewable energy investments in the country under the scaling up renewable energy programme of the climate investment funds.View Full Story
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed says if compelled he is even ready to investigate the human rights situation in the Maldives.View Full Story
Up to 15 people are said to have died in renewed protests across Syria against President Bashar al-Assad.View Full Story
Chinese artist and government critic Ai Weiwei is reported to be under further restrictions following his release after nearly three months' detention.View Full Story
Several near-simultaneous blasts hit three towns and cities in Burma.View Full Story
Up to five people die and more than 30 are injured in clashes between police and anti-mining demonstrators in southern Peru.View Full Story
The head of Hezbollah says two of the Lebanese Islamist group's members have confessed to working for the American Central Investigation Agency (CIA).View Full Story
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday criticised Russia for effectively banning an opposition party known for its fierce criticism of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.View Full Story
Shares in leading Italian banks fall sharply after the credit ratings agency Moody's says it may downgrade their status.View Full Story
French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday G-20 summit agreed to research more productive strains of wheat, establish transparent system to track global supplies and create rapid response mechanism to deal with drought in producer world.View Full Story
The Greek sovereign debt crisis could threaten the stability of the global financial system if a solution is not found, US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke warned Wednesday.View Full Story
Countries in the European Union's Schengen open border zone will be able to reimpose restrictions to prevent an influx of migrants.View Full Story
China's foreign ministry has said that artist Ai Weiwei cannot leave Beijing without permission, a day after he was freed from police detention.View Full Story
Australia's High Court has overturned a law designed to criminalise certain motorcycle gangs in the state of New South Wales.View Full Story
New York becomes the sixth and most populous American state to allow same-sex marriage.View Full Story
China's foreign ministry has said that artist Ai Weiwei cannot leave Beijing without permission, a day after he was freed from police detention.View Full Story
Bahrain has sentenced eight Shia pro-democracy activists to life in jail for "plotting to overthrow the government", the state news agency says.View Full Story
Australia's two major airports are facing up to 48 hours of disruption as the ash cloud from a Chilean volcano drifts across the south of the country.View Full Story
The UN's nuclear watchdog is holding a meeting aimed at improving nuclear safety, in the wake of the accident at Japan's Fukushima plant.View Full Story
Iran has launched a satellite into earth orbit, state television reported, in a feat that is likely to raise concerns among those who fear Iran’s intentions and nuclear development program.View Full Story
Peter Falk, the American actor most famous for his role as scruffy television detective 'Columbo', dies at 83.View Full Story
French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday G-20 summit agreed to research more productive strains of wheat, establish transparent system to track global supplies and create rapid response mechanism to deal with drought in producer world.View Full Story
New Zealand's government has agreed to buy more than 5,000 homes wrecked by Christchurch's devastating earthquake.View Full Story
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