report in Sunday Times, Nov 19, 2023The Foreign Ministry has received a request from the Chinese embassy for permission for another Chinese research vessel to enter Sri Lankan waters early next year. The fresh request came less than a month after the arrival of the Chinese research vessel Shi Yan 6, which received permission to enter Sri Lankan waters despite security concerns raised by India. A Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson confirmed receiving the request from…
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‘Oct 28 will be the new Dec 10’:
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 21, 2023Awami League General Secretary Obaidullah Quader yesterday said BNP’s Oct 28 rally in the capital would face a similar outcome like Dec 10. Mentionable, after protracted negotiations, the BNP got permission for its last year’s December 10 rally in Golapbagh field — a ground which was not its first choice by any means. The permission came at the cost of a life, injuries to around 100 people, and…
PPP objects to ‘discrimination’ in permission for jalsa
by Amjad Mahmood in Dawn, Oct 17, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has objected to the grant of permission to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for holding a jalsa (public meeting), while its own application for a similar permission has been pending with the authorities. “Level playing field is being ensured only for one party. Our request for holding a rally to mark the anniversary of Karsaz tragedy of October 18, 2007 is pending,…
China’s Shi Yan 6: SL’s permission pending
by Asiri Fernando in the Daily Morning, Sept 17, 2023The Chinese geophysical and seismic scientific research vessel Shi Yan 6 (IMO: 9904247) has commenced its 80-day expedition into the Indian Ocean and was enroute to the Malacca Strait yesterday (16) evening, despite Colombo not yet having granted diplomatic permission for the vessel to call port or carry out a planned joint survey in the waters surrounding the island, The Sunday Morning learns. According to Foreign…
Jamaat holds rally after a decade,Demands caretaker govt system
report in Prothom Alo, June 11, 2023With the permission of police, Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday held a rally in the capital after 10 years. Dhaka (south) city unit Jamaat organised it at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, to realise the party’s three-point demand that include controlling high prices of daily essentials, release of its Ameer Shafiqur Rahman and other leaders and the next national election under a caretaker government. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s…
Jamaat holds rally after a decade,Demands caretaker govt system
report in Prothom Alo, June 11, 2023With the permission of police, Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday held a rally in the capital after 10 years. Dhaka (south) city unit Jamaat organised it at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, to realise the party’s three-point demand that include controlling high prices of daily essentials, release of its Ameer Shafiqur Rahman and other leaders and the next national election under a caretaker government. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s…