Despite a preponderance of data on the high-level of financial and environmental risks, the World Bank has opted to become a major financial backer of the Rogun hydropower dam project in Tajikistan, approving an initial $350 million grant to help finish the first phase of construction. Following up on the World Bank’s decision, the Asian […]
Read MoreThe Chinese government has strongly criticized the recent US military aid and arms sales to Taiwan. Beijing warned on Sunday that supporting and supplying arms to Taiwan is like ‘playing with fire’ and its consequences could be harmful to the United States. Earlier on Friday, the White House approved $571.3 million in military aid and […]
Read MoreUpper house of Indian parliament has been informed that the High Commission of India in Dhaka “continues to monitor the situation” related to minorities in Bangladesh “closely”. “The primary responsibility for the protection of life and liberty of all citizens, including minorities, rests with the government of the country concerned,” Kiriti Vardhan Singh, Indian minister […]
Read MoreDr. Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to the interim government, has said that there will never be a place for Islamic extremism in Bangladesh again. He assured, “Nothing like that is going to happen. The country’s youth are very energetic. They are very open-minded about religion.” Dr. Yunus said this in a recent interview with […]
Read MoreWhile the whole world is looking at Central and West Asia, India is focusing on the East with the ‘Act East’ policy. That too silently. Suddenly, India is making a ‘significant’ change in its policy with North Korea. It is learned that the closed doors of the Indian embassy in North Korea have reopened. Experts […]
Read MoreOn December 27, official work will launch the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway project. This was announced by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov at the III People’s Kurultai on December 20. When we started this project, there were those who did not believe in it, considering it a fairy tale. However, today you have all witnessed that this is […]
Read MoreFor the second time in the country’s history, a container ship has arrived at Chittagong Port directly from Pakistan. This time, the ship is carrying sugar, sugarcane molasses, dolomite, soda ash, three-piece, dates and various other products. It is said that 86 percent of these products came from Pakistan. The largest amount of these products […]
Read MoreSyrian opposition forces have taken control of the capital and other major cities in less than two weeks, ending the dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad. The forces were led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). There are signs that the remnants of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria are trying to exploit a potential power vacuum. […]
Read MoreTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Cairo, Egypt, to attend the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation or Developing-8 meeting. On Thursday, he met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the D-8 summit. Erdogan stressed the need to ensure stability in Syria in the meeting. Regarding the content of Erdogan’s discussion with […]
Read MoreAfter the collapse of their client states, both patrons left behind a trove of military equipment, The fall of the Assad regime in Syria, punctuated by jubilant celebrations as the then rebels bloodlessly took Damascus, has several similarities to what happened to Afghanistan three years ago, says Foreign Policy. In both cases, the disintegration of […]
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