The plenary meeting of Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) being held in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin State, will be extended for one more day because a number of issues remain to be deliberated. Meeting organising committee spokesman Padoh Kwe Htoo Win told, “We plan to extend [the meeting] tentatively for one more day. There are many…
Read moreEminent author and social activist Mahasweta Devi, whose writings focused on the marginalised communities in the country and served as the voice of the oppressed, died here today after a multi-organ failure. She was 91. She was suffering from multi-organ failure and died at Kolkata’s premier nursing home Belle Vue. She suffered a cardiac arrest following…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Bangladesh police have killed nine suspected Islamist extremists in a gun battle after storming a militant hideout in the capital Dhaka, officials say Police says they were ‘most likely’ members of Jamaat ul Mujahideen (JMB) that staged the massive July 1 attack on Gulshan cafe and later at Sholokia Eid grounds in Kishoreganj….
Read moreThe Ethnic Armed Organisation’s Plenary Meeting being held from 26-29 July 2016 in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin State, opened today. Gen. N’Ban La from the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and the UN special envoy, Vijay Nambier, delivered their opening speeches. The message delivered by the UN’s Special Envoy was one of hope for the future…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila, on a 16 year hunger strike demanding the repeal of controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA+), has decided to break her fast and contest elections. “I will break my fast as the government has failed to give any positive response. I will fight elections to resolve the issues,”…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT Eminent diplomat Arundhati Ghose, who was India’s ambassador to the UN and played a decisive role in India’s negotiations on Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), passed away late on Tuesday night at the age of 76. She was suffering from cancer and breathed her last at around 12:30 am at her residence in…
Read moreChinese authorities are renovating one of the world’s largest centres of learning for Tibetan Buddhism to prevent overcrowding and fires, a state-run newspaper said on Tuesday, denying Tibetan rights groups’ charges of demolition and evictions. Groups including the British-based International Campaign for Tibet say demolition work began last week at Larung Gar in Garze, a…
Read moreReports state that Cambodia blocked any mention to an international court ruling against Beijing Southeast Asian nations failed to agree on maritime disputes in the South China Sea on Sunday after Cambodia blocked any mention to an international court ruling against Beijing in their statement, diplomats said. Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast…
Read moreK P Oli resigned as Nepal’s Prime Minister on Sunday ahead of a no-confidence vote, plunging the country into a fresh political turmoil after last year’s crippling Madhesi protests against the new Constitution. He accused Nepali Congress and Maoists of hatching a conspiracy against his government by tabling a no-trust motion and said he is being punished for the…
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