DOMESTIC GAS SHIPMENT ARRIVES IN SRI LANKA
May 31 ,2022
A shipment of domestic gas arrived in Sri Lanka today and distribution is expected to commence tomorrow (Tuesday)
Litro Gas said that&...
BANGLADESH GETS OFFERS IN 50,000-TONNE WHEAT IMPORT TENDER
May 31 ,2022
Bangladesh's state grains buyer received the lowest price offer of Tk41,494 ($464.55) a tonne CIF liner out in an international tender...
EU LEADERS BAN MOST RUSSIAN OIL, AS MOSCOW ADVANCES IN DON...
May 31 ,2022
European Union leaders agreed late Monday to ban more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports, tightening economic screw...
OIL PRICES RISE AFTER EU BANS MOST RUSSIAN OIL IMPORTS
May 31 ,2022
Oil prices rose on Tuesday after EU agreed to slash oil imports from Russia by the end of 2022, fuelling worries of a tighter market al...
BORIS JOHNSON SPEAKS TO RANIL ABOUT PUTIN’S BARBARIC INVAS...
May 31 ,2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, during a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today, spoke about Russi...
MOMEN SEEKS ADVICE FROM DELHI ON PURCHASING RUSSIAN OIL DE...
May 31 ,2022
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Monday said he sought suggestions from India on how it is managing the purchase of oil from Russia,...
An invisible tango with death as Bangladesh deals with pol...
May 31 ,2022
Children walk on the street as smoke rises from a re-rolling mill in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 16, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Ukraine is a millstone around Europe’s neck
May 31 ,2022
“Brotherly friends”: Ukrainian President Zelensky (R) and visiting Polish President Andrzej Duda, Kiev, May 22, 2022
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Negative views of Russia mainly limited to western liberal...
May 31 ,2022
In Asia, a majority of people were against cutting economic ties with Russia over Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. ...
Fuel prices 'way above' what airlines can manage: Emirates...
May 31 ,2022
Emirates Chief Commercial Officer Adnan Kazim says the carrier's "fuel-fare charge" is pushing ticket prices up.
DUBAI -- Air...
Pakistan says IMF is only resort, shut out of bond markets
May 31 ,2022
Pakistan has banned luxury imports to deal with shrinking forex reserves [File: Bloomberg]
Pakistan’s government is unable t...
Tamil Nadu’s demand for Kachchativu island will spoil Indo...
May 31 ,2022
M.K.Stalin and Narendra Modi.
Colombo: The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister rendered a disservice to India and its relations with Sri Lan...
Narendra Modi is a 'Strong' leader. So why have his eight...
May 31 ,2022
A woman wearing a mask of prime minister Narendra Modi dances at an election campaign rally in Morigaon district in the northeastern...
New report traces activities of US-based Hindutva groups o...
May 31 ,2022
A Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America event in Texas. Photo: Facebook/Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America
New Delhi: For nearly two...
ASEAN must not allow Myanmar junta to control humanitarian...
May 31 ,2022
US President Joe Biden participates in the US-ASEAN Special Summit at the US State Department in Washington on May 13, 2022. / AFP...
Hoping for a Chinese rescue
May 31 ,2022
Desperate times call for drastic measures. By increasing petroleum prices the government hopes to dodge sovereign default, salvage the...
UCC: The coming storm over a single common law in India
May 31 ,2022
The idea of Uniform Civil Code has divided opinion in India. IMAGE SOURCE,AFP
When it comes to matters such as marriage, divorce,...
In Thailand, Myanmar migrants’ illicit unions fight to be...
May 31 ,2022
Myanmar migrants in Thailand such as Myat Thida have little representation in the workplace [Courtesy of Kiana Duncan]
Ranong, Tha...
Lankan President announces crash plan to meet food crisis
May 31 ,2022
Colombo: The Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa came out of his political shell on Monday, and using his Executive authority, anno...
Is Bangladesh paying for her hospitality towards Rohingya...
May 31 ,2022
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
May 25 presented a sorry spectacle of street clashes and a government-opposition showdown that plunged the capital into chaos. Bet...
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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