report in Prothom Alo, Mar 17, 2023Bangladesh has decided to seek an Indian explanation on West Bengal’s proposed projects on the Teesta River reducing its flow, amid a protracted unsettled process for water sharing of the trans-boundary river, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. “We will prepare a paper on the issue with consultation of our water resource ministry and JRC (Joint River Commission) . . . (then) we will ask the Indian side regarding…
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Report in Dawn, February 27th, 2023PESHAWAR: Members of the minority communities demonstrated here on Sunday to demand right to directly elect their representatives to the assemblies. The protesters, who gathered outside the Peshawar Press Club, were led by office-bearers of Minorities Alliance of Pakistan (MAP). The protest leaders said they did not expect any good from their MPAs and MNAs as they were sent to assemblies on reserved seats, and thus didn’t have to be…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Jan 19, 2023Rebel SLPP MP Gevindu Cumaratunga said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe should seek a fresh mandate if he intended to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. UNP leader Wickremesinghe couldn’t under any circumstances go ahead with his plans at the moment, the rebel SLPP National List lawmaker said. “The President shouldn’t forget that his responsibility is to complete the remainder of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s five-year term,” the…