Category: Asia

Sat 05 April 2025: The 180,000 names were part of a list of 800,000 Rohingya that Bangladesh submitted to Myanmar in six batches, Bangladesh government says.  Myanmar has confirmed that 180,000 Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh since fleeing their homeland are eligible to return, the Bangladeshi government has said. Friday’s announcement, following talks in Bangkok, offered […]

Fri 04 April 2025:   Modi says he wants a ‘positive and constructive relationship’ with Bangladesh, where pro-India Hasina was ousted last year. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met with Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus for the first time since a revolution eight months ago ousted the country’s former prime minister and longtime Indian ally. The […]

Thu 03 April 2025: The waqf bill would add non-Muslims to boards that manage endowments and give government more significant role in validating their land holdings. India’s lower house of parliament has passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim endowments worth more than $14bn. The waqf bill would […]

Wed 02 April 2025: The death toll from the Myanmar earthquakes neared 2,900, while 72 people remain missing in Thailand, Xinhua News reported on Wednesday. According to Myanmar’s State Administration Council information team, the death toll in Myanmar has reached 2,886, with 4,639 people injured and 373 still missing. In neighboring Thailand, 72 people are […]

Wed 02 April 2025: The US on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to “peace and stability” across the Taiwan Strait, opposing “any unilateral changes to the status quo, including through force or coercion,” following China’s large-scale military exercises around Taiwan. “Once again, China’s aggressive military activities and rhetoric toward Taiwan only serve to exacerbate tensions and […]