By Ifham Nizam in The Island, Dec 28, 2023A visiting Chinese trade delegation assured top officials of the Ministry of Agriculture that it is ready to purchase five tons each of all Sri Lankan spices annually. A senior official of the ministry told The Island Financial Review that the quantity to be exported is minimal and steps would be taken to increase it in keeping with the demand. The visiting Chinese trade delegation discussed the…
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by Anowar Hossain in Prothom Alo, Dec 12, 2023Nilofar Anjum secured Awami League nomination in the Mymensingh-3 (Gauripur) constituency. She is the widow of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s former special assistant Mahbubul Huq Shakil. But there are six others from Awami League in the fray ready to challenge her there. They may be contesting as independent candidates, but all of them hold posts in the party. The local leaders and activists have divided up accordingly.…
report in The Himalayan Times, Aug 28,2023The Tiptala transit at Olangchung Gola in Taplejung district has remained closed for the past four years. This has affected the local people in many ways ranging from halting the trade between the local people and neighbouring China and limiting their mobility. The border crossing was closed to stop the spread of COVID-19 following the request of the Government of China shortly after Chinese workers returned home from road…
report in Dawn, August 26th, 2023BAJAUR: Two people, including son of a tribal elder of Mamond tehsil, were injured when an improvised explosive device went off here on Friday evening, the police and local residents said. They said that the explosion occurred near Larkholozo Hospital. The residents said Hijad Ali, son of elder Malik Sultan Zeb, along with some friends and relatives was returning home in Larkholozo town from a nearby playground when the IED…
report on Dawn.com, August 25, 2023A fact-finding mission of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has suspected that Jaranwala rioters were not a “spontaneous or random crowd”, but were a part of a “larger campaign of hatred against local Christians”. On August 16, a violent mob of hundreds ransacked and torched nearly two dozen churches, and attacked the residences of members of the Christian community and the office of the local assistant commissioner in…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 14, 2023Nepal’s political parties have already begun their preparations for the next general and local polls. The ascendant Rastriya Swatantra Party has launched its ‘Mission Chaurasi’ campaign, with its eyes trained on the 2084 BS general election; the main opposition CPN-UML conducted its own two-month-long ‘Mission Grassroots’ in February; and the ruling Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre) have their own ‘transformation’ and ‘invigoration’ campaigns, respectively. With…
Report in Dawn, August 8th, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN/PESHAWAR: Four people were martyred and two injured in separate attacks in North Waziristan and Peshawar on Monday, local officials and police confirmed. In the first attack, a couple was martyred in a bomb attack targeting security forces in Saidgai area of North Waziristan near the Pak-Afghan border. A Bomb Disposal Unit was carrying out a search operation in the area when a suicide bomber, travelling in a vehicle…
Report in The News, June 19, 2023BARA: Four police personnel and two soldiers of the security forces were injured in different attacks of unidentified armed men in Bara tehsil of the Khyber district on Sunday, local and official sources said. The gunmen attacked the police post in Sarki Kamar area in Bar Qambarkhel Saturday night. As a result, four police identified as Shahfiullah, Naseem Khan, Khial Zar and Zarman Gul sustained injuries. The police repulsed…
By Asiri Fernando in The Sunday Morning, Mar 26, 2023The Government is considering the release of nearly 450 fuel stations held under the Treasury to the three new international players that are to enter the local fuel market once approved by the Cabinet, The Sunday Morning learns. According to a senior official at the Ministry of Power and Energy, the State-owned properties of the 450 fuel stations are expected to be allocated to the three…
by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, Mar 20, 2023With the term of office of 340 of the 341 Local Government (LG) bodies including Municipal Councils (MC), Urban Councils (UC) and Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) across the country ending at midnight yesterday (19), many politicians have expressed concerns about the sustainment of important services provided to the public through such bodies. The term of office of all LG bodies including 24 MCs, 41 UCs, and 275 PSs…
Illegal immigrants
Edit in Business Recorder, Nov 7, 2023Human rights outfits and aid agencies who are up in arms about the government’s decision to expel all illegal immigrants need to remember two very important points. One, the order is limited to illegal residents only, who have been living in Pakistan in violation of both local and international law. That does not in any way mean that the process of their deportation should be disrespectful, of course, but…