Multan, July 27 (Reuters): Pakistani police have arrested 25 members of an informal village council accused of ordering the rape of a 16-year-old girl as revenge for her brother’s alleged sexual assault of another girl. The Supreme Court also requested a report on the case, which echoed a notorious case from 2002 in which another […]…
Colombo, July 27 (newsin.asia): The Embassies of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the European Union Delegation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, are “alarmed” by the “forcible closure” of the country’s Majlis or parliament. But the Deputy Speaker of the Maldivian parliament, Moosa […]…
Colombo, July 27 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, on Wednesday slammed the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) for launching strikes as if it were a game, without valuing human lives. “Any problem can be solved through discussions,” Sirisena said speaking at a function. “Doctors also have taken strike as a game today. It […]…
Colombo, July 27 (newsin.asia) – A delegation from the U.S. government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has pledged 7.4 million US dollars in funding for Sri Lanka under a five-year grant program that aims to reduce poverty and promote economic opportunity for Sri Lankans, the US Embassy in Colombo said in a statement Thursday. The MCC delegation […]…
Peshawar, July 26 (Dawn): a Pakistani court has stayed an execution by hanging and asked Islamic scholars and the Defense Ministry to suggest an alternative method of execution. The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday issued a stay order on the execution of a death-row inmate following his plea asking for a “less painful method”. […]…
Colombo, July 27 (newsin.asia): The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) remains banned in the European Union even as the European Court of Justice ordered the lifting of the ban on procedural grounds. The EU said in a press release on Wednesday, that the judgment is a “legal ruling on the procedure used for listing […]…
Luxembourg, July 26 (Reuters/newsin.asia): The European Union’s top court kept Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on the EU terrorism blacklist on Wednesday and removed Sri Lankan separatist rebels, the Tamil Tigers. However, the EU said in a press release later that the ban on the Tamil Tigers stays as the judgment did not take into account […]…
Colombo, July 26 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s Tourism Ministry, on Wednesday, said the prevailing drought in the northern and central region of the island country had affected wildlife at the Wilpattu National Park which attracts hundreds of tourists annually. The Ministry, in a statement said that as a result of the drought almost all of […]…
Beijing July 26 (Global Times): India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is to visit China for the annual BRICS National Security Advisers’ meeting this week. As Doval is believed to be one of the main schemers behind the current border standoff between Chinese and Indian troops, the Indian media is pinning high hopes on the […]…
By Michael Safi New Delhi, December 27, 2016 (The Guardian):: Former volunteer for the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) says she was told to criticize journalists, actors and political figures online Social media trolling against Indian public figures including journalists and…
The unfolding realities underlying the Sino-Indian standoff over the border in Doklam are clearly bringing out serious flaws in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Neighborhood First” policy, writes P.K.Balachandran in www.southasianmonitor.com The “Neighborhood First’ policy enunciated in 2014 as India’s new…
By putting up of a Dalit, Ram Nath Kovind, as its candidate for the Indian Presidency and ensuring his victory with a 65% majority, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reached a high watermark in its bid to be accepted…
Colombo, July 25 (newsin.asia): A freshly minted Sino-Sri Lankan agreement on the controversial Hambantota port will be submitted to the Sri Lankan parliament for a debate on Friday to secure political legitimacy for it, said the Minister of Ports, Mahinda Samarasinghe…
Colombo, July 25 – The number of dengue cases has gone up to 105,000 in Sri Lanka with over 301 deaths, the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society said on Tuesday. The Red Cross said that it is rapidly scaling up emergency…
Colombo, July 24 (newsin.asia): After many hiccups and protracted negotiations, China and Sri Lanka have reached an agreement on the US$ 1.4 billion Hambantota port in southern Sri Lanka. According to reliable sources, the Sri Lankan cabinet will take up…
New Delhi, July 24 (Reuters): Joking with clients and colleagues, Mehrunnisha Shokat Ali might be mistaken for any other patron of the Social watering hole in the Indian capital’s swanky Hauz Khas neighbourhood. But the intent gaze of her kohl-rimmed…
Lahore, July 24 (Dawn): At least 26 people, including nine policemen, were killed while 58 others were injured in a bombing attack near the Arfa Karim IT Tower on Lahore’s Ferozepur Road on Monday afternoon. Lahore’s DIG Operations Dr Haider…
Colombo, July 25 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts Sri Lankan economy to rebound in 2017 and accelerate in 2018, despite the lower than expected 3.8 percent GDP growth registered in the first quarter of 2017. The IMF has…
As war clouds gather over the Sino-Bhutan border where China’s real adversary is nuclear-armed India, China has announced its intention to thoroughly overhaul its military and economic structure and philosophy to meet challenges of the emerging world order, writes P.K.Balachandran…
Colombo, July 21 (newsin.asia) – Export of travel goods from Sri Lanka will get duty free entry to the United States following a decision by the US to approve the inclusion of travel goods from all GSP (General System of…
Lahore, July 18 (The Express Tribune): It seemed like a generic post of a couple being cute, until people started commenting negatively on how Baig who is a model by profession, is ‘exposing’ her arms in…
