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Bangladesh calls for joint action on climate challenges in HKH region

Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma on Monday urged collective and effective actions to tackle the pressing challenges of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) regio... Read More


Nepal's President urges HKH countries to adopt people-centric, science-based policies

Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- President of Nepal Ramchandra Poudel on Monday said they, at the policy-making level, must formulate timely, people-centered and implementable policies on climate change, biodiversit... Read More


People eagerly waiting to cast votes: Amir Khosru

Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday said the people of the country, who had been deprived of exercising their voting rights in previous elections, a... Read More


The Final Countdown

Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- The National Consensus Commission, as it came to be known, is often presented as the 'Jewel in The Crown' of the reform initiative underway in Bangladesh, under the leadership of its... Read More


Beijing's Brahmaputra Behemoth Puts South Asia's Rivers on the Boil

Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- China's sweeping hydropower ambitions on the Yarlung Zangbo-Brahmaputra River have thrust South Asia's water issues to a critical fray, approaching a potential grand impulse. Touting... Read More


SRI LANKA PROPOSES NEW CUSTOMS TAX CATEGORY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Sri Lanka, Aug. 22 -- A new tax category has been proposed for importing electric vehicles that also contain a fuel-powered motor. The Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Anil Jayantha Fernando,... Read More


Administrators must adopt new technologies to improve governance: LG Sinha

Srinagar, Aug. 22 -- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha attended the Centrifuge Innovations and Public Systems (CIPS) Award Ceremony, organized in collaboration with the Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Ma... Read More


ANANDA WIJEPALA SAYS LAW WILL BE IMPLEMENTED EQUALLY REGARDLESS OF RANK

Sri Lanka, Aug. 22 -- The government is ensuring that the law will be implemented equally regardless of a person's title or position, according to Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs... Read More


RAUFF HAKEEM EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ARREST OF RANIL WICKREMESINGHE

Sri Lanka, Aug. 22 -- MP Rauff Hakeem has expressed concern regarding the arrest of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, stating it is worrying that the news was announced in advance by a 'YouTuber'... Read More


Dissent voice irrelevant in the Parliament

India, Aug. 22 -- The PM's silence in the Rajya Sabha was not just a procedural lapse - it was a grave insult to the federal character of our democracy. The House of States was treated with utter cont... Read More