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Chinese Envoy Offered Rohingya Money to Return to Myanmar: Sources0
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- March 5, 2019
By Kamran Reza Chowdhury and Sunil Barua on Mar 05, 2019 04:01 pm A Chinese government delegation met Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, promising each refugee up to U.S. $6,000 if they returned to Rakhine state in Myanmar, a Bangladeshi official and refugee leaders said Tuesday. Sun Gouxiang, China’s special envoy for Asian Affairs, met with
India, Russia To Sign $3 Billion Nuclear Sub Deal This Week0
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- March 5, 2019
India and Russia are set to sign a $3 billion lease agreement for a nuclear-powered attack sub on March 7, according to local media reports. By Franz-Stefan GadyMarch 05, 2019 India and Russia are expected to conclude an intergovernmental agreement for a 10-year lease of a Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) this week. The deal, estimated to
Bangladesh: Democracy reduced to elections: Arundhati0
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- March 5, 2019
Talk held in city finally Monwarul Islam | New Age Mar 05, 2019 Writer and activist Arundhati Roy and photographer and activist Shahidul Alam raise their clenched fists symbolising determination to continue their fight for people’s rights at a talks at MIDAS Centre in Dhaka on Tuesday. — Abdullah Apu Democracy has been reduced to elections
Forget nuclear war with Pakistan. Here’s the real threat to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi1
- Blog
- March 5, 2019
As the world obsesses over the New Delhi-Islamabad showdown, the real ticking time bomb facing the Indian leader is best represented by the shrunken figure of widow Shantabai Teral Karim Raslan Tuesday, 5 Mar, 2019 In November 2018, tens of thousands of farmers and labourers marched to Delhi, demanding better crop prices. Similarly, in March
Kashmir conflict is not just a border dispute between India and Pakistan0
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- March 5, 2019
Chitralekha Zutshi, College of William & Mary Tensions between India and Pakistan have diminished in recent days after repeated military clashes in Kashmir led to fear that the two nuclear powers could be on the verge of war. Kashmir is a disputed territory divided between India and Pakistan but claimed in its entirety by both
What will come after a US withdrawal from Afghanistan?0
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- March 5, 2019
Abdulkader Sinno, Indiana University 5 March 2019 The United States and the Taliban may be nearing an agreement to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan after more than 17 years of conflict. In return, the Taliban would commit to refusing access to anti-American organizations such as al-Qaida on its territory. How did we get to this
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Is Sheikh Hasina’s faulty government hedging or seeking regime alignment over the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar?0
- Commentary
- October 14, 2017
By Humaiun Kobir* The United Nations has described Rohingya Muslims as the most prosecuted minority community in the world. Worldwide condemnation of the Myanmar regime over the brutal atrocities committed by the military in Myanmar has led to calls for the regime to be tried for initiating one of the most atrocious crimes against humanity
TAMIL TIGERS’ DEBT TO AMERICA: U.S FOREIGN POLICY ADVENTURISM AND SRI LANKA’S DILEMMA – Book review0
- Commentary, Issue 23 – Winter 2018
- October 12, 2017
by Shakthi De Silva Author: Daya Gamage Published November 2016, First Sri Lanka edition page count 577 pages Paper back Rupees 2,500 USA $ 34.94 Vijitha Yapa Publications: Colombo, RS. 2500, ISBN 978-955-665-324-3 Taking the title of this book at face value, one might argue given that American influence was distinctively felt in the final stages
Pakistan’s Cyber Security: In the Realm of Nuclear Deterrence1
- Commentary
- October 12, 2017
by Ahyousha Khan It is to be said that Nuclear weapons are the legacy of a 20th century and cybersecurity is the challenge of 21st century. With growing, digitalization and amalgamation of cyberspace in defense and security are new threats coming into being. Developing states like Pakistan are so engulfed in their traditional and conventional
Nepal India Eminent Persons’ Group (EPG)- burdened with tough assignments0
- Commentary
- October 12, 2017
By Hari Prasad Shrestha In accordance with 1950 treaty Indo-Nepal border is open; both nationals may move freely across the border without passports or visas and may live and work in either country. If Indians arrive in Nepal with a plan in excessive numbers to settle and acquire citizenship easily, they can subvert anything in
US South Asia policy: Betting on India, but not giving up on Pakistan0
- Commentary
- October 11, 2017
Posted:Oct 9, 2017 By Tarun Basu US President Donald Trump signalled a radical shift in a much awaited speech recently, spelling out his policy towards South Asia, a region he neglected in his first controversy-tinged six months in office. If one’s reading were correct, it meant the final demise of India-Pakistan equivalence – a work
India: Amid state instability, Banwarilal Purohit appointed as Governor of Tamil Nadu! (Contemporary politics of Tamil Nadu)0
- Commentary
- October 9, 2017
-Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal Former Governor of Assam, 77-year old Banwarilal Purohit was on October 06 Friday sworn in as the 25th Governor of Tamil Nadu, taking over at a time when the state is witnessing political churning within the ruling AIADMK and demand by the opposition for a floor test. Banwarilal Purohit was administered
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Year-end review: Emerging Challenges for South Asia
by Rajesh Kumar Sinha 3 January 2020 The year 2020 has just ended. The year has been extremely calamitous for the whole world. Especially, the pandemic Corona Virus has created such an unfortunate state where economies, infrastructure, loss of lakhs of lives, job losses, and uncertainty has gripped the whole of humanity.
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