Category: Asia

Thu 25 Apr 2019: While it was reported in the media that post-demonetisation the unemployment in India was at a 40-year-high the government told the Parliament. On November 8, 2016, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation, a move that made around 80 per cent of the entire currency in circulation invalid instantly, it was […]

Wed 24 Apr 2019: COLOMBO (Reuters) – Senior officials deliberately withheld intelligence about possible attacks on Sri Lanka, where a rash of suicide bombings on Easter Sunday killed at least 359 people, the leader of parliament said on Wednesday. “Some top intelligence officials hid the intelligence information purposefully. Information was there, but the top brass […]

Wed 24 Apr 2019: New Delhi sponsors terrorism in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, the nation’s foreign minister claims, in line with a long history of the two states trading accusations of using militant groups against each other. India is involved in the terrorist attacks in Balochistan, Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi told local media on Tuesday, […]

Tue 23 Apr 2019: If Sri Lanka adopts the burqa ban, it would join the group of nations in Asia, Africa, and Europe that have done so in the interest of preventing terrorists from using the burqa to evade police or hide explosives. Easter Sunday attacks killed at least 321 people and wounded nearly 500 […]

Tue 23 Apr 2019: Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were accused of breaking Official Secrets Act for reporting on Rohingya crisis The highest court of Myanmar has denied the final appeal of the two Reuters journalists who were imprisoned for their reporting on the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, upholding the seven-year prison sentence and dashing […]

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Sat 20 Apr 2019: India’s Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has been accused of sexual harassment by a former Supreme Court employee. The 35-year-old woman has filed an affidavit alleging two instances of misconduct in October last year, shortly after Mr Gogoi was appointed. She says her family was victimised after she refused the advances. A […]

Sat 20 Apr 2019: BANGKOK (THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Boonrod, the dog rescued this week from the middle of the Gulf of Thailand, can now show off his own Facebook page with more than 6,000 followers. Launched on Friday (April 19), the page Boonrod Gulf of Thailand dog, has Facebook user Vitisak Payalaw serving […]

Sat 20 Apr 2019: MUMBAI (Reuters) – A spokeswoman for India’s main opposition Congress party quit on Friday and joined a group allied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, complaining that misbehaviour towards her by male Congress members was ignored. The resignation of Priyanka Chaturvedi, a regular on prime-time TV debates, is an embarrassing […]

Sat 20 Apr 2019: KABUL (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked the communications ministry in the center of Kabul on Saturday, interrupting months of relative calm in the Afghan capital and underlining security threats that have continued despite efforts to open peace talks with the Taliban. Saturday’s attack opened shortly before midday with an explosion at the […]