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“Together we grow. Together we prosper. Together we will build a strong and inclusive India. India wins yet again!”
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

World reaction

“Congratulations to Prime Minister @narendramodi and his BJP party on their BIG election victory! Great things are in store for the US-India partnership with the return of PM Modi at the helm. I look forward to continuing our important work together!”
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Laddoo cake, lotus-shaped sweets as BJP prepares for comeback

Preparations for a grand celebration are in full swing among India’s Bharatiya Janata Party workers and supporters after the party and its allies are heading for a victory for the second successive term.
23 May 2019, 05:55 AM

India election results: Crucial seats to watch out for

The Lok Sabha elections 2019 were one of the most highly-charged parliamentary elections in the country in recent years. Nearly all the big names in Indian politics contested. Many new faces emerged and new political parties were formed.
23 May 2019, 04:49 AM

How Votes are Counted

India’s enormous election took six weeks to hold, but organisers have alloted just one day to count all the ballots cast by some of the
22 May 2019, 18:51 PM

India tests world’s fastest cruise missile

India said the world’s fastest cruise missile passed another key test yesterday when it successfully hit a land target after being fired from a fighter jet.
22 May 2019, 18:38 PM

Sri Lanka extends emergency

Sri Lanka’s president yesterday extended the state of emergency imposed immediately after the Easter Sunday Islamist bombings that
22 May 2019, 18:30 PM

Turkey pledges support to end Rohingya crisis

Turkey is committed to working with Bangladesh in regional and international levels to bring an end to the Rohingya crisis that has been affecting Bangladesh in socio-economic, environmental and even diplomatic fronts.
19 May 2019, 14:39 PM

Exit polls show Modi-led alliance likely to win majority

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies are likely to return to power for a second consecutive term after the parliamentary elections that ended today, according to different exit polls.
19 May 2019, 14:36 PM

Troops, cops patrol Lanka

Troops and police patrolled parts of Sri Lanka yesterday as international pressure mounted on Colombo to contain anti-Muslim riots that killed one man in a backlash against the Easter terror attacks.
16 May 2019, 18:00 PM

'People are dying': UN official urges aid access for Myanmar's Rakhine state

A UN official has urges Myanmar to grant aid workers “predictable, sustained access” to Rakhine state, where fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced nearly 33,000 people since late last year, saying lack of aid has cost lives.
16 May 2019, 10:48 AM

Situation tense in Lanka

Sri Lanka’s police arrested over 100 suspects and re-imposed night curfews in violence-prone areas yesterday after anti-Muslim riots left one man dead and caused extensive damage to homes, businesses and mosques.
15 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Four cops killed in Pakistan bombing

Four police were killed and nine other people wounded when militants detonated a bomb hidden under a motorbike in the southwestern
14 May 2019, 18:00 PM

UN investigators urge nations to snap financial ties with Myanmar military

The world must cut off financial and other support for Myanmar's armed forces, a UN fact-finding mission said today, repeating a call for top generals to be prosecuted for abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
14 May 2019, 09:31 AM

CPJ urges Myanmar not to harass local top journo

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urges the Myanmar authorities to stop harassing and threatening to arrest Aung Marm Oo, editor-in-chief of the privately-owned Rakhine state-based news agency Development Media Group.
14 May 2019, 07:05 AM

Sri Lankan software engineer, under Indian surveillance, key in Easter attack

A Sri Lankan software engineer suspected by authorities in Sri Lanka of having provided technical and logistical support to the Easter Sunday suicide bombers was monitored by Indian intelligence agencies three years ago for links with Islamic State suspects, investigators say.
14 May 2019, 06:33 AM

New Delhi hit by rare summer air pollution alert

New Delhi suffered a rare summer air pollution alert yesterday as dust storms and heat over northern India took smog to hazardous
13 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Lanka under night curfew after anti-Muslim riots

Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide night curfew yesterday, after anti-Muslim riots spread to at least three districts just north of the capital in a violent new backlash against the Easter suicide bombings.
13 May 2019, 18:00 PM

‘No laughing matter’

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been roundly mocked for suggesting that radars are affected by clouds and boasting that he sent an email attachment years before the technology to do so was invented.
13 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Biman resumes Dhaka-Delhi flights

Biman Bangladesh Airlines resumes Dhaka-Delhi direct flights.
13 May 2019, 12:06 PM