LOOKEAST REPORT | Failure to agree on a special arrangement for Nagas living outside Nagaland is delaying…
ARYEH NEIER | There has been a lot of bad news lately on the human–rights front. Syrian…
CHIANG RAI, THAILAND | 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded Thai cave complex…
NAN LWIN | Myanmar will endeavour to take on no loans from China to complete the Kyaukphyu…
MRITYUNJOY CHATTERJEE | She is the daughter of a rice farmer in remote Assam. Her name is…
NAGA SETTLEMENT | Not Immediately Possible
LOOKEAST REPORT | Failure to agree on a special arrangement for Nagas living outside Nagaland is delaying an early settlement of the six decade old imbroglio. LOOKEAST has learnt that the NSCN–IM is not happy with grant of educational and cultural rights that the Modi government has so far promised them. They want some political rights and substantial autonomy for Nagas in those states. Their leader Th. Muivah is a Tangkhul Naga from Manipur and especially keen to get as much as possible for Nagas outside Nagaland in the final settlement. It was a departure from their earlier position of “with India, not within India,” and that the government called it a framework agreement and signed it. This is the first time that details… …. →
GORDON WATTS | Isaac Asimov was a visionary. The American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University was one of the “Big Three” science fiction writers of his generation along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. His seminal works were the Foundation, Galactic Empire and the Robot series. When asked about his views on technology, he simply quipped: “I do not fear computers. I fear a lack of them.” Asimov’s comments illustrate in two, tight sentences President… …. →
LOOKEAST REPORT | Failure to agree on a special arrangement for Nagas living outside Nagaland is delaying…
ARYEH NEIER | There has been a lot of bad news lately on the human–rights front. Syrian…
CHIANG RAI, THAILAND | 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded Thai cave complex…
NAN LWIN | Myanmar will endeavour to take on no loans from China to complete the Kyaukphyu…
MRITYUNJOY CHATTERJEE | She is the daughter of a rice farmer in remote Assam. Her name is…
DHAKA | The sixth Bangladesh–India home minister level talks today decided to work in closer cooperation to…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Indian Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh arrived in Dhaka on a three–day official…
MINXIN PEI | With the imposition of 25% tariffs on $68 billion worth of their merchandise trade ($34…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Khaleda Zia’s foreign lawyer Lord Alexander Carlisle has been…
SHAYNA BAUCHNER | A judge in Yangon formally charged two Reuters journalists for possessing confidential government documents in…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Failure to agree on a special arrangement for Nagas living outside Nagaland is delaying…
ARYEH NEIER | There has been a lot of bad news lately on the human–rights front. Syrian…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Khaleda Zia’s foreign lawyer Lord Alexander Carlisle has been…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Chief minister Bengal Mamata Banerjee and her colleague in Tripura Biplab Deb could have…
KUALA LUMPUR | Ninety–two–year–old Mahathir Mohamad was today sworn in as the world’s oldest elected leader after…
SUBIR BHAUMIK / DELHI Panellists from neighbouring countries at a regional policy dialogue welcomed the Wuhan informal…
SYED BASHIR Now for the first time in last four years, BNP has admitted that the ‘fugitive’ and…
LOOKEAST REPORT Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lauded the “bold and courageous” leadership of Prime Minister…
LOOKEAST REPORT The ‘fugitive’ and convicted eldest son of Begum Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman has surrendered his…
SWADESH ROY 2013 was a year of general election in Bangladesh, and on that time, the Islamic…
NAN LWIN | Myanmar will endeavour to take on no loans from China to complete the Kyaukphyu…
MINXIN PEI | With the imposition of 25% tariffs on $68 billion worth of their merchandise trade ($34…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Khaleda Zia’s foreign lawyer Lord Alexander Carlisle has been…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Senior officials of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have reached Calcutta to investigate the…
GORDON WATTS | Isaac Asimov was a visionary. The American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University was one…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Five Chinese nationals arrested from Kolkata railway station for carrying almost 200 kilos of ‘Amphetamine’, popularly…
HONGMEI HE / JIAO NIE / YAO WANG | Along with deepening the implementation of the Belt…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Chief minister Bengal Mamata Banerjee and her colleague in Tripura Biplab Deb could have…
FRANCESCO SISCI | Trump’s unclear outcome with North Korea and bad attitude toward friends and global institutions…
SUBIR BHAUMIK | A report by Indian think tank CUTS INTERNATIONAL has suggested cutting down on non–tariff…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Failure to agree on a special arrangement for Nagas living outside Nagaland is delaying…
NAN LWIN | Myanmar will endeavour to take on no loans from China to complete the Kyaukphyu…
DHAKA | The sixth Bangladesh–India home minister level talks today decided to work in closer cooperation to…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Indian Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh arrived in Dhaka on a three–day official…
MINXIN PEI | With the imposition of 25% tariffs on $68 billion worth of their merchandise trade ($34…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Khaleda Zia’s foreign lawyer Lord Alexander Carlisle has been…
SHAYNA BAUCHNER | A judge in Yangon formally charged two Reuters journalists for possessing confidential government documents in…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Senior officials of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have reached Calcutta to investigate the…
LOOKEAST REPORT | In a significant statement, a senior political adviser to Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina has…
(LOOKEAST carries excerpts from a very interesting book edited by top academic Baladas Ghoshal and Satis Chandra…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Failure to agree on a special arrangement for Nagas living outside Nagaland is delaying…
ARYEH NEIER | There has been a lot of bad news lately on the human–rights front. Syrian…
SHAYNA BAUCHNER | A judge in Yangon formally charged two Reuters journalists for possessing confidential government documents in…
GORDON WATTS | Isaac Asimov was a visionary. The American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University was one…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Chief minister Bengal Mamata Banerjee and her colleague in Tripura Biplab Deb could have…
LOOKEAST REPORT | Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities in the state of Tripura, in…
JUNAID ASHRAF | During the current decade, China has started looking outward, especially after the “Belt and…
ROSEANNE GERIN | Myanmar announced that it will set up an independent inquiry commission to probe human…
Detained in 2016, he had spoken in Mandarin about Tibetans’ fear that their culture is being wiped…
DIETER ERNST | Scientists and engineers have been developing artificial intelligence, or AI, applications for more than 60…
JMB planning to hit Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya
LOOKEAST EXCLUSIVE | Bangladesh's JMB terrorists were planning to attack the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Bihar's Bodh Gaya this… Read more…
ARYEH NEIER | There has been a lot of bad news lately on the human–rights… Read more…
