By Dinasena Ratugamage in The Island, Dec 28, 2023Jaffna District MP C.V. Wigneswaran has said he is willing to contest the next presidential election next year. Retired Supreme Court Justice Wigneswaran, elected on the Tamil People’s National Alliance (Thamizh Makkal Tesiya Kootani) ticket, told the Jaffna-based media that he would contest the presidential poll if all Tamil political parties reached a consensus on his candidature. Wigneswaran served as the Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial…
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report in Prothom Alo, Dec 28, 2023Bangladesh Awami League has unveiled its manifesto for the 12th parliamentary election prioritising 11 key areas that include ensuring affordable commodity prices and creating jobs. With a theme of Smart Bangladesh, the party placed the manifesto with the slogan “Tangible development, employment will increase this time.” Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiled the manifesto at a programme at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka hotel at around 10:30…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 28, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has started its three-day public campaign and distribution of leaflets calling people to boycott the ‘dummy’ elections and build a public opinion in favour of their non-cooperation movement demanding the resignation of the incumbent government in the second phase of its ongoing movement. According to concerned sources, the party is likely to declare the same type of programmes at the end of this 3-day…
by Mahesh KC in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 28, 2023A 12-year-old boy from Banke Pipalgaura in ward 14 of Athbiskot Municipality lost his mother in the November 3 earthquake. His world hasn’t been the same again. The boy, who lives under a tarpaulin tent with his father and two older brothers, can be mostly seen lost in thought. His father, Naru Malla, has been trying to pull his son back from his thoughts and get…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 28, 2023At a time when Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has publicly vowed to reshuffle his Cabinet, the Nepali Congress, the largest party in the government, is reviewing the performance of its ministers. The primary agenda of the party’s central working committee meeting that convenes on Thursday is to review and assess the performance of nine ministers who are currently serving in the Dahal government, said party leaders. The…
report in The Frontier Post. Dec 28, 2023KABUL: After the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, girls were barred from attending school, with only children up to the sixth grade permitted to continue their primary education. Consequently, secret girls’ schools have been established across Afghanistan to continue education for those deprived of further study by the Taliban’s decree.According to the Seattle Times, the non-profit organization Sahar, based in Seattle, USA, supports dozens of these clandestine schools…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 27, 2023 at 9:04 PMA group in Pakistan that defends the rights of Afghan immigrants told TOLOnews that about 140 immigrants who were awaiting visas from the US and other nations have been deported from Pakistan. According to the group, these immigrants wanted to go to the US after getting visas, among them were some journalists. “Around 140 Afghan immigrants who were supposed to ne transferred to US or some…
report in Dawn, December 27th, 2023KHYBER: Inspector General of Police Akhtar Hayat Khan inaugurated on Tuesday the first command and control centre at Police Training Center Shahkas in Khyber tribal district. He was accompanied by CCPO Sayed Ashfaq Anwar, who also performed the opening of a new police station in Bara alongside inaugurating women-specific separate complaint desk in the same new building with female staff. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of police command and control centre,…
by Amin Ahmed in Dawn, Dec 27th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Domestic violence is emerging as a silent pandemic in Pakistan, posing a serious challenge to society and the state, points out a study report published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The report, Gendered Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Central and West Asia, quoted a recent survey carried out in Punjab and Sindh which reported an increase in incidence of threats of physical violence (40 per…
By Murtaza Ali Shah in The News, December 27, 2023LONDON: Aleema Khan has revealed that legal proceedings will be initiated in the UK by Imran Khan’s sons and in the US against American diplomat Donald Lu, seeking justice for the PTI chief. However, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the UK appears to be unaware of these developments. In the United States, Atif Khan, a PTI Core Committee member and adviser to Imran Khan, has verified…
Report in The News, December 27, 2023LAHORE: The terrorists, who were killed in an encounter in Chiniot district couple of day ago, has been identified as members of terror outfit Tehreek-e-Talban Pakistan (TTP), the police said on Tuesday. According to the spokesman, CTD carried out an operation in Chiniot area, as a result of which Ghazanfar Nadeem, involved in the killing of fifty people, including the attack on the Faisalabad office of ISI, was killed…