Dhaka: Drowning has become the second leading cause of death among children under the age of five in Bangladesh and the country reports over 14,000 such fatalities every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef said in a joint statement. In the statement, the two UN agencies called on the government, development partners, communities, and...
Kabul: The Taliban claimed that the security situation in Afghanistan has been solved and urged its minorities - Hindus and Sikhs to return back to the country. The move comes after the Director General of the Office of the Minister of State of the Taliban, Dr Mullah Abdul Wasi met with a number of members of...
New York: Myanmar's ruling military announced it had executed four democracy activists accused of aiding "terror acts", sparking widespread condemnation of the country's first executions in decades. Sentenced to death in secretive trials in January and April, the men were accused of helping a civilian resistance movement that has fought the military since last year's coup...
New Delhi: Sri Lanka's former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will extend his stay in Singapore, as his short-term visit pass has been extended by another 14 days, local media reported. Sri Lanka's cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena said at a press conference in Colombo that Rajapaksa is expected to return to the country from Singapore, the Straits Times...
New Delhi: India slammed China and Pakistan for their efforts to encourage third countries to join projects relating to their multi-billion dollar connectivity corridor that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. In a sharp reaction, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said such activities under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are "inherently illegal, illegitimate and unacceptable", and will...
China represents the "largest threat" to Britain and the world’s security and prosperity this century and there is evidence to suggest it has targeted countries from the US to India, UK Prime Ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak said on Monday. The 42-year-old former Chancellor set out a series of plans he would undertake if elected the...
By Maj Gen Sudhakar Jee A video showing tanks deployed in the streets of China’s Henan province to protect banks from protesters whose accounts have been frozen has gone viral globally. The world reacted sharply and a general comparison of the incident was with the 1989 incident at Tiananmen Square. But a fact check found the...
Serene Singh, aged 25, a Sikh Ph.D. student at the University of Oxford recently brought Ravi Singh Khalsa, the first ever turbaned Sikh to speak on Sikhism at the Oxford Union, the world’s oldest and most famous and formidable debating society. “Being at a place like Oxford University means I am constantly surrounding myself with...
Kathmandu: The Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan (REA) has submitted a memorandum to Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation Shashi Shrestha, urging the government to claim back Nepali territory occupied by China. The REA, in the past, had demonstrated against Chinese encroachment on Nepali territory, and China's overt interference in Nepali politics in Kathmandu, and several...
