Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Iran to Expand Economic, Political Ties: Tolo News
Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and the Iranian Special Representative for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi said on Tuesday that Afghanistan and Iran are working to expand their economic and political relations. Click here to read...
US's West, Russia's Kabulov Meet on Afghanistan: Tolo News
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West, in a trip to Europe and Asia visited Moscow to discuss Afghanistan with Russian officials. Click here to read...
Afghan militia commander, Dostum’s aide arrested in Iran: The Khaama Press
Iran’s Ministry of Interior Affairs announced that Nizamuddin Qaisari a former militia commander and aide of Abdul Rashid Dostum accused for fabricating documents arrested. Click here to read...
Pakistan to train Afghanistan’s aviation staff: The Khaama Press
Afghan embassy in Pakistan said that Pakistan will be providing professional training to Afghanistan’s aviation staff in areas of security, traffic controlling, firefighting, air forecast, and airport management. Click here to read...
Taliban fought against occupation, they deserved this victory: Zamir Kabulov: The Khaama Press
Russia’s special representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said that the Taliban had higher morale against the NATO and the US forces and they were fighting for independence and against occupation thus, they deserved this victory. Click here to read...
Bangladesh
Border killings unexpected for both India, Bangladesh: Indian envoy- Daily Star
India is always vigilant to stop the killings on borders with Bangladesh, and such casualty is unexpected for the both countries, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami said today. Click here to read...
Dhaka metro rail to carry passengers by December 2022- Dhaka Tribune
The first ever metro rail of the country will begin carrying passengers in the capital by December 2022 with the Uttara North-Agargaon stretch, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL)Managing Director MAN Siddique said on Tuesday. Click here to read...
5 burnt in Jhalakathi oil tanker blast die in Dhaka- Daily Observer
Five persons have succumbed in one day while underwent treatment being injured in an oil tanker blast on Sugandha river in Jhalakathi district. Click here to read...
Russia to lift ban on flights to Bangladesh from Dec 1- Asian Age
Russia will lift its COVID-19 ban on flights to countries including Bangladesh, Brazil, Mongolia, Costa Rica and Argentina from Dec 1, the government coronavirus task force said on Tuesday. Click here to read...
Noted writer Hasan Azizul Haque passes away- Independent
Noted writer Hasan Azizul Haque passed away at his residence in Rajshahi city on Monday night. He was 83. Click here to read...
Bhutan
Bhutan asks partners to support its green initiatives at COP26- Kuensel
The UN Climate Change Conference made some achievements, though not all expectations in terms of delivering on commitments made by carbon-emitting countries towards climate change mitigation were met. Click here to read...
Private money lending issue: back to square one?- Kuensel
Many are of the view that private money lending is unethical, unproductive, and unregulated business that should not be encouraged. Moneylenders usually resort to psychological threats to extort money and property from the vulnerable. Click here to read...
The story of 12,000 Bhutanese in Australia- Bhutanese
Close to 12,000 Bhutanese are staying in Australia, with about 5,000 being registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Click here to read...
Time to abridge CSO Act- Bhutan Times
Ironically, despite several meetings held between Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) members and the government to resolve the complexity and clear the unclear clauses on tax exemption. Click here to read...
Maldives
India-Maldives ties are still quite fragile - Daily Pioneer
Maldives follows an ‘India First’ policy since 2018 before it was considered ‘lost to China’. Beijing is still heavily invested in Maldives and owns Finalu island, where it is building hotels. Former President Abdullah Yameen had changed the Constitution for this. Click here to read...
Discussions held on cooperation in trade, investments between Maldives, Nigeria - Raajje
Abioye Mohammed Bello, the new Non-Resident High Commissioner of Nigeria to Maldives paid a courtesy call on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Khaleel on Monday. The call saw the pair engage in discussions regarding areas of mutual interest and exchanging ideas to further strengthen the bilateral ties and cooperation between both countries. Click here to read...
Myanmar
Myanmar’s ‘Military Government’ versus ‘National Unity Government’: Which One is Ahead? - Modern Diplomacy
Now the military and the government of national unity; both sides are continuing their efforts to gain legitimacy. But only time will choose the triumphant. Click here to read...
‘We are warriors’: Women join fight against military in Myanmar - Aljazeera
Like many women in Myanmar, the 23-year-old teacher from Sagaing region was accustomed to wearing an ankle-length sarong called a htamein. Now, she is a member of the Myaung Women Warriors, Myanmar’s first publicly announced all-female fighter group. Click here to read...
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi charged with election fraud and ‘lawless actions’ - The Guardian
Military-controlled media reported on Tuesday that the Union Election Commission had prosecuted 16 people, including Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint, in relation to alleged fraud during the 2020 general election. Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, National League for Democracy (NLD), won the vote by a landslide – a result the military has refused to accept. Click here to read...
Nepal
Six justices hear apex court cases- Himalaya
Six justices of the Supreme Court broke ranks with other dissident justices and conducted hearing of all types of cases today. Click here to read...
Appeal to end deadlock in judiciary- Himalaya
Eight constitutional bodies today said their serious attention had been drawn to the abrupt halt in hearing of regular cases, including habeas corpus, in the Supreme Court. Click here to read...
Struggle continues: JSP-N Chair Yadav- Himalaya
Janata Samajbadi Party- Nepal Chairperson Upendra Yadav has said their struggle for rights is very much under way. Click here to read...
Nepal to start issuing e-passports from today- TKP
The Department of Passports is issuing biometric passports starting Wednesday, in a significant development in Nepal’s passport regime. Click here to read...
Newly-appointed Agriculture Minister Shahi takes oath of office- Republica
Newly-appointed Karnali Province Minister for Land Reform, Agriculture and Cooperatives, Chandra Bahadur Shahi took oath of office and secrecy. Click here to read...
Province 2 Industry Minister Ram Naresh Raya relieved from his post- Republica
Minister for Industry, Tourism and Forests of Province 2 Ram Naresh Raya has been relieved from his post on Tuesday. Click here to read...
Pakistan
Shaukat Tarin outlines five actions demanded by IMF: Dawn
Talking to journalists at the launch of Corporate Philanthropy Survey here on Tuesday, Mr Tarin said all issues with the IMF staff had been settled on the basis of which they gave “us a list of five prior actions” to complete so that they could call a board meeting on Pakistan’s case. Click here to read...
Taliban invited to next meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbours: Dawn
Mr Qureshi, at a meeting of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, said: “Afghanistan’s interim government will also be invited to the next meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbours.” Click here to read...
PTI’s 5-year performance will silence opp: PM: The Express Tribune
From day one, they [opposition] wanted to topple my government because they fear that their ‘political shops’ will be shut after [PTI’s] five-year performance. Click here to read...
SBP hints at new wave of inflation: The Express Tribune
There is a possibility that we may have to take more measures to curb demand,” said the deputy governor while giving a briefing to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance about high inflation in the country. Click here to read...
Parliament’s joint session: Treasury, opposition face real power test today: The News
The joint session of the Parliament, summoned by President Arif Alvi for Wednesday (today) at 12pm, would prove to be a real test for both the treasury and the opposition. Click here to read...
Sri Lanka
Lankans lining up to migrate - Daily FT
A new survey shows that increasing numbers of Sri Lankans want to leave the country, probably more than at any time in the past five years. The findings were released yesterday by compiler of the survey the Institute for Health Policy (IHP) via the Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) that was launched to assess public opinion as the country recovers from COVID-19. IHP said survey findings confirm recent observations by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa that the youth who had voted for the Government are now queuing up to obtain passports to go abroad. Click here to read...
Government pledges to inform of any fuel shortage on time - The Morning
Dismissing claims that there is a fuel shortage in Sri Lanka, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila assured yesterday (16) that if such a fuel shortage is due to occur in future, the Government would inform the public with enough time for the public to prepare accordingly. Click here to read...
Three new envoys present credentials – PMDNews
The new ambassadors have been appointed by Japan and Thailand to Sri Lanka while a high commissioner has been appointed by South Africa.
Accordingly,
01. Mr. Poj Harnpol presented credentials as Ambassador of Thailand,
02. Mr. Sandile Edwin Schalk presented credentials as High Commissioner of South Africa, 03. Mr. Hideaki Mizukoshi presented credentials as Ambassador of Japan.
The new envoys informed the President that they are committed to developing long-term relations between Sri Lanka and their countries in new spheres.Click here to read...
