ANIL GIRI As the decade-long third country resettlement programme of the Bhutanese refugees living in eastern Nepal draws to a close, the fate of the those still in the camps hangs in the balance. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) and the UN refugee agency in Kathmandu confirmed that the third country resettlement scheme is…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT China’s foreign minister said that the international community must help fight poverty and promote development in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, which has seen hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims flee amid a military crackdown. Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the comments after meeting in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyitaw, with the country’s leader, Aung San Suu…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK The Memory Film Festival, whose fifth edition just concluded in Yangon, is ‘about opening up minds”, says Séverine Wemaere, co-founder of MEMORY! Festival with Gilles Duval. In an interview to Subir Bhaumik, Séverine said the festival that started in 2014 in Myanmar, has been designed not merely to bring great films from the…
Read moreKATHMANDU Nepal has scrapped a $2.5 billion deal with China Gezhouba Group Corporation to build the country’s biggest hydropower plant, citing lapses in the award process, the energy minister said. “The Cabinet has cancelled the irregular agreement with Gezhouba Group to build the Budhi Gandaki hydroelectric project,” Energy Minister Kamal Thapa, who is also the…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK Just weeks after accusing the Myanmar military of perpetrating a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” on the country’s Muslims, the United Nations Security Council has dropped plans to adopt a legally binding resolution calling for an end to violence in Rakhine state. The toning down of UN condemnation over an ongoing humanitarian crisis which…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT A 19-point Yangon declaration was adopted by delegates from India and Myanmar to promote bilateral relations between the two neighbours, with the spotlight firmly focussed on boosting cooperation between security forces. Myanmar leaders like Yangon chief minister U Phyo Min Thein and experts like economist Aung Tun Thet called for more Indian investments…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Indian Buddhism scholar Suchandra Ghosh said on Friday the flow of populations between India and Myanmar are linked to the shared Buddhist culture prevalent in its border regions. Speaking at the conference on ‘India-Myanmar relations: Way Forward, Prof Ghosh said, “The study of Buddhism in this region is not just a look back…
Read moreBhutan did not ratify a regional motor vehicle agreement involving Bangladesh, India and Nepal because of concern over its impact on environment and culture, a senior Royal Bhutan Consulate General official said in an event in Kolkata. But the country would join the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal Motor Vehicles Agreement (BBIN MVA) after addressing these…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT MYANMAR’s army has vowed to throw out all anti-Indian rebels from the country’s Northeast from Burmese territory. While speaking at the recently held India-Myanmar regional border committee meeting, Major General Phone Myat, commander of Tatmadaw’s North West Command told the Indian commanders that his forces would fight these rebel groups and chase them…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT India has offered to share real-time intelligence of maritime movements in the Indian Ocean with 10 countries that participated in a Naval Conclave in the country’s Goa state last week. Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Maldives, Seychelles and Singapore sent their senior naval and maritime heads to the conference held…
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West Bengal | Who Will Toll The Bell For BJP In Birbhum ?
Special Correspondent February 17, 2026 THE chapters in the controversial multi–crore teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal are yet to… Read more…
Rohingya Immigrants A Big Burden On Bangladesh | Hasina
PRIME MINISTER Sheikh Hasina calls Rohingya immigrants a big burden on Bangladesh, wants India to take more of them. Meanwhile,… Read more…
